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Satya Nadella Set To Launch Office For iPad Next Week

28 points by techfess 13y ago

JumpCrisscross 13y ago
No sources. Wordpress blog with a negligible Google footprint. Story submitted by a 4-day old account. How credible is this?
- ethana 13y ago
  We'll just have to wait to be proven next week. How long can that take?
  - JoshGlazebrook 13y ago
    I do believe about a week.
- k-mcgrady 13y ago
  I've seen the same article on The Verge and other reputable sites who say the information came from 'their sources' (probably people they trust and regularly get MS info from).
victormx 13y ago
You forgot to add the source of copy paste: http://www.reuters.com/article/2014/03/17/microsoft-ipad-idUSL2N0ME1K820140317 http://www.reuters.com/article/2014/03/17/microsoft-ipad-idU...
rhizome 13y ago
I'm excited to see what his coding and design chops amount to. Microsoft hasn't released a one-person product in quite some time.
higherpurpose 13y ago
It's probably going to be the crippled Office365 version wrapped in a native layer or something, right?
- wsc981 13y ago
  IIRC I've read like a year ago that Office for iOS was ready[0], but Microsoft didn't want to release it under Apple's terms. Since apparently Microsoft has been working on this app for quite some time, I would assume it's a native app. Microsoft wanted to work towards some exclusive deal with Apple[1] at least with regards to SkyDrive, but presumable this might have also been a consideration for Office. But perhaps Microsoft can't afford to wait much longer anymore. It seems the world might not need Office as much as Microsoft would like to believe. --- [0]: http://www.theverge.com/2012/11/7/3612422/microsoft-office-mobile-ipad-iphone-android-screenshots http://www.theverge.com/2012/11/7/3612422/microsoft-office-m... [1]: http://thenextweb.com/insider/2012/12/11/as-skydrive-balks-at-the-30-fee-third-party-developers-feel-the-heat-as-apple-blocks-apps-integrating-the-microsoft-service/ http://thenextweb.com/insider/2012/12/11/as-skydrive-balks-a...
PleaseBeSerious 13y ago
TIL Microsoft is a "gient software maker" and "Twitte Testing ‘Fave People’ For Android Users"
- techfess 13y ago
  thank you for correcting us

28 points by techfess 13y ago

No sources. Wordpress blog with a negligible Google footprint. Story submitted by a 4-day old account. How credible is this?

ethana 13y ago
We'll just have to wait to be proven next week. How long can that take?
- JoshGlazebrook 13y ago
  I do believe about a week.
k-mcgrady 13y ago
I've seen the same article on The Verge and other reputable sites who say the information came from 'their sources' (probably people they trust and regularly get MS info from).

victormx 13y ago

You forgot to add the source of copy paste: http://www.reuters.com/article/2014/03/17/microsoft-ipad-idUSL2N0ME1K820140317 http://www.reuters.com/article/2014/03/17/microsoft-ipad-idU...

rhizome 13y ago

I'm excited to see what his coding and design chops amount to. Microsoft hasn't released a one-person product in quite some time.

higherpurpose 13y ago

It's probably going to be the crippled Office365 version wrapped in a native layer or something, right?

wsc981 13y ago
IIRC I've read like a year ago that Office for iOS was ready[0], but Microsoft didn't want to release it under Apple's terms. Since apparently Microsoft has been working on this app for quite some time, I would assume it's a native app. Microsoft wanted to work towards some exclusive deal with Apple[1] at least with regards to SkyDrive, but presumable this might have also been a consideration for Office. But perhaps Microsoft can't afford to wait much longer anymore. It seems the world might not need Office as much as Microsoft would like to believe. --- [0]: http://www.theverge.com/2012/11/7/3612422/microsoft-office-mobile-ipad-iphone-android-screenshots http://www.theverge.com/2012/11/7/3612422/microsoft-office-m... [1]: http://thenextweb.com/insider/2012/12/11/as-skydrive-balks-at-the-30-fee-third-party-developers-feel-the-heat-as-apple-blocks-apps-integrating-the-microsoft-service/ http://thenextweb.com/insider/2012/12/11/as-skydrive-balks-a...

PleaseBeSerious 13y ago

TIL Microsoft is a "gient software maker" and "Twitte Testing ‘Fave People’ For Android Users"

techfess 13y ago
thank you for correcting us