The curious timing of Microsoft Office for iPad
Microsoft has been around for a very long time. Office has been around for a very long time. What many don't know is that Office was originally a Mac app, not Windows. Microsoft's relationship with Apple was very close. The point I am getting at is that making software for Apple products is nothing new for Microsoft. They know how to do it, and used to make quite a good living at it. They were not pushing any competitive hardware when the iPad was introduced. Why didn't they announce their intentions to make Office for iPad at that time?
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