Summary: Norway's adoption of GNU/Linux was noted here last year; it has since then increased a lot; if one counts mobile devices as well, not to mention ChromeOS, it's looking far worse for Microsoft and good for "Linux" as even in rich countries we see that it's not about price but about control/freedom
Microsoft cannot keep a dying unit that makes almost no sales alive just for mere prospects of a bailout (which falls through because even the military turns it down)
So if Microsoft cushions those losses (to delay the bubble's implosion; Microsoft uses the bubble to fake its "market cap", as does NVIDIA), its debt will skyrocket