Microsoft office on iPad... Soon?
Discussion
Anubis said:
Why would Microsoft ever allow Apple to run one of their most successful software packages ever outside their own Windows environment? It would make people go and buy yet more iPads, which defeats Microsofts future vision of bringing out Windows 8 and MS tablets next year.
Apple flatly refuse to have anything on their hardware except Apple approved products. No Silverlight, .Net, flash or anything else - can you honestly see MS suddenly being generous and give a direct competitor a piece of their own pie? I just can't see it happening.
Office will end up on Windows 8 tablets and because of that it entices people away from spending money on Apple and into MS instead. Keeping Office away from iOS also stops businesses buying loads of iPads because almost every company uses it today - they want that custom to go directly to MS products.
The picture on the iPad can easily be knocked up to look like an app to fool everyone.
Just saying n' all
I know it is ridiculous to think that...Apple flatly refuse to have anything on their hardware except Apple approved products. No Silverlight, .Net, flash or anything else - can you honestly see MS suddenly being generous and give a direct competitor a piece of their own pie? I just can't see it happening.
Office will end up on Windows 8 tablets and because of that it entices people away from spending money on Apple and into MS instead. Keeping Office away from iOS also stops businesses buying loads of iPads because almost every company uses it today - they want that custom to go directly to MS products.
The picture on the iPad can easily be knocked up to look like an app to fool everyone.
Just saying n' all
durbster said:
Someone said they haven't done well at cracking the business market, so I posted the enterprise stats. Seems apt for a thread about bringing an important app to iOS, and others. I thought that would be quite obvious.
Anyway, this thread isn't about the iPad being a toy, or not as good as a laptop. As usual, folks simply want to give it beans.
durbster said:
Oh right.
I thought the contention was about whether touch-screen tablets are practical for administrative type business, regardless of the OS.
The iPad will never replace the workplace computer. However, as enterprise take up increases, on whatever tablet, be it win 8 or iOS, android, etc, then it makes sense to make it available as a business tool, and as a nice cash cow. I thought the contention was about whether touch-screen tablets are practical for administrative type business, regardless of the OS.
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