It was former Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer that approved the launch of Microsoft Office for iPad, not new CEO Satya Nadella, according to a Reddit AMA held by the Office for iPad team.
-- nuqqet9k: "Is Satya the MSsiah like the tech media is portraying him? How much of the recent headline-making moves can be credited to him, and how many were Ballmer's?"
officeforipad: "The decision to ship Office for iPad was made before Satya became CEO. Steve Ballmer approved the plan to ship Office for iPad. -- Kaberi, Technical Product Manager, Office for iPad" --
While Microsoft has lost a competitive advantage for its Surface tablets, the Office team has already experienced immense success on the iPad. Just a week after the apps were released, Microsoft announced over 12 million downloads.
You can download Microsoft Office for iPad from the App Store for free.
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seq2 - April 9, 2014 at 3:12am
Ya right~! 1% of the 12 million users who downloaded and actually paid for it's overpriced subscription to use it. The other 99% deleted the apps immediately after they found out bout the subscription fee. Facepalmed !
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