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Saying Office is irrelevant because bloggers don't need it is like saying Eclipse is irrelevant because painters don't need it. I'm more surprised by the fact
by Wilya 14y ago
Saying Office is irrelevant because bloggers don't need it is like saying Eclipse is irrelevant because painters don't need it.
I'm more surprised by the fact that Microsoft would push for selling Office on iOS. Wouldn't they give up a significant part of the attract of Windows and of their vendor lock-in by doing so ? Office is one of the big reasons why I still have windows around, but maybe that's just me.
- benologist 14y agoThey've sold Office for Mac for a long time so it's not entirely married to Windows, it's really means "a computer" although that usually means Windows. I think they have a very legitimate shot at becoming the #1 app developer for iOS and Android, which could easily become their only significant position in the phone/tablet market.
- pooriaazimi 14y agoMac's not a threat to Microsoft. iPad is.
- forgottenpaswrd 14y ago"Wouldn't they give up a significant part of the attract of Windows and of their vendor lock-in by doing so ?" Yeah, but they could control it. They could always make the iOS experience poorer than Windows so people associate i0S=BAD, surface=GOOD. On the other hand you have the millions of people that are using the Ipad. Without Office, they need an alternative, and they will find one. Then when they get used to it they will discover they don't really need Office at all. MS Office was not always the best Office suite out there.
- dear 14y agoThere is iWorks now.