Why the ipad version of Office Dystocia: the company's strategy dictates

"Sadie Network News" November 7, according to foreign media reports, two years ago, the media reported that Microsoft has developed the ipad version of Office software, and in private occasions for public display, since then many market analysts and consumers have been chasing the ipad version of Office figure. One months ago, Microsoft executives confirmed the presence of an ipad version of Office, but the executive said it was only after Microsoft's next-generation office app, named Gemini, that it would officially release the ipad version of Office for users to download. I am also a large number of long-term attention to Microsoft's one of the people. What I want to know is whether Microsoft really delayed the launch of the ipad version of Office to give surface tablets some breathing time. A year ago, 2113.html "> Microsoft Surface RT with Office RT Software announced free for users, this October surface 2 with Office RT and Outlook RT software also announced free for users. What does it mean for Microsoft to announce its iwork service into a free era at a recent new product launch? The message is that Microsoft is planning to postpone the listing of Gemini and ipad versions of Office because of Microsoft's development strategy, and another point of view is that there are domestic political reasons. As I mentioned in my previous blog post, Microsoft's Gemini program was designed not just to develop an Office application for tablet use, but to push office to a larger market outside the Windows platform. Sources have revealed to the author that Gemini was initially set up in an application suitable for the WINRT platform, which means Gemini can be applied to both traditional Windows desktop systems and the new Metro interface System. Today's Word, Excel, and PowerPoint can only be used on surface devices, which are the devices of the Metro interface System. To enable applications such as Word, Excel, and PowerPoint to run smoothly on a touchscreen device, Microsoft has launched a massive research and development program. The Office team has improved the user interface, and researchers have focused on the human touch experience between users and office. Future new Office applications will be available on any size device, from phone to laptop to desktop, and office can run smoothly. Mary Jo Foley, author of this article, is a contributor to the ZDNet website.