> > But growing up there were quite literally no resources to learn anything about computers or programming.

> This logical jump doesn't seem to make sense to me. Almost every developed country on earth used Microsoft Office in the second half of the 90s and the 00s. Why do you think in the UK it was specifically caused by it being taught in school, when it was also successful everywhere else when it was not taught in school?

Because the reason why every developed country used Microsoft products was corruption (you can call it lobbying if you feel good).

I wasn't really a functioning adult at that time, but the impression I got was that LOTUS NOTES and things of this nature were equally competitive during the early 90's. And Microsoft getting into education began to cement their domination as the generations became old enough to enter the workforce.

Because they changed from teaching the basics of programming and how computers work to how to use Microsoft Word or Powerpoint.

That is a MAJOR jump, from teaching programming to teaching word processing.