> The most successful "colonizer" has always been Microsoft! In most schools around the world the PCs are running Windows exclusively and you are taught how to use Microsoft Office tools.

Years ago I briefly worked adjacent to the MS education team.

One of their KPIs was how close they were to catching up to Google.

Chromebooks came in and swept the market. Microsoft was blindsided, I'm not sure how their efforts to catch up have been going.