No one is even considering just how wrong...
...tying a licence to a piece of hardware really is. Given that there is no such thing as infinite life for a hard drive - not a question of 'if', but 'when' - you're essentially buying a temporary licence for Office. People going into shops to buy this version of Office need to be warned: "this licence is only good for the life of your hardware. If your computer dies for whatever reason and you need to replace it? your licence self-terminates and you have to buy a new licence for Office."
Wonder - with that caveat in plain view - how many sales would eventuate *anyway* because "people are so tied to Microsoft products"... reason does eventually prevail, except for those with money to burn.
