It Was Steve Ballmer That Approved the Launch of Microsoft Office for iPad

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Posted April 9, 2014 at 2:29am by iClarified

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.

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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"
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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.

[Word for iPad] [Excel for iPad] [PowerPoint for iPad] [OneNote for iPad]

It Was Steve Ballmer That Approved the Launch of Microsoft Office for iPad

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gamerscul9870 - April 9, 2014 at 12:32pm

She?

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gamerscul9870 - April 9, 2014 at 3:17am

Then why wasn't he CEO if dill was but dhe idn't make Microsoft? What kind of strategy is that? Who did made it like that?

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 !

gamerscul9870 - April 9, 2014 at 2:51am

Then it proves why he left in the first place. He couldn't take the competition especially after seeing windows os thrown into a toilet thus creating 8. Seems that microjunk is still running low on users for the current system.