Will Microsoft Office finally make it to the iPad?

We have been receiving rumors for a long time about a hypothetical arrival of the office suite of Microsoft al iPad de Apple Lossless Audio CODEC (ALAC),. In fact, during the past month of October information was released that pointed to his landing on the platforms iOS y Android It would be produced during the spring of this year, and for that question the head of the project was recently asked in Microsoft, who refused to answer directly but left some interesting notes.

According to the media CNN Expansion, Microsoft could pocket up to 2.500 billion dollars if it decided to bring its flagship product to the tablet of Apple Lossless Audio CODEC (ALAC),. However, the programs that make up Microsoft Office They are, right now, an 'ace' up their sleeve for Redmond and they want to play it intelligently. Launch the office suite both Android as in iOS It would be a good start-up money, but it could also close the doors in the tablet sector by "handing over" to the rival one of the main demands of their own ecosystem to succeed in a terrain that currently resists them.

It was precisely on this subject that Kurt DelBene was asked during the Morgan Stanley conferences in the city of San Francisco. The executive of Microsoft, and the maximum responsible for everything that has to do with Office, avoided responding directly and stated that it is not important for them to take their product to the largest number of devices possible, but rather that the priority is to be selective and be present where they can offer a good experience. Somehow this suggests that the iPad may not be an ideal recipient for the Office as are convertibles with Windows 8 o RT, more oriented to productivity.

In turn, DelBene has highlighted some of the software pieces of Microsoft that can be used in a iPad and that they would be more suitable for the "nature" of the tablet Apple Lossless Audio CODEC (ALAC),. Services Office online They are a good example and also a product in which the Redmond people put a lot of effort. In addition, he made mention of OneNote, Lync or SharePoint, as well as his popular cloud storage service, SkyDrive. However, it appears that users of iOS they keep demanding a Office for iPad above all. Will we have the opportunity to attend its launch on other platforms this year?