Rumor: iPad will get Microsoft Office in 2012

By Wilson Rothman

According to "sources," The Daily is reporting that Microsoft will launch Office for iPad, as well as a new Mac edition.

The notion that Microsoft is at work on this wouldn't be farfetched?? Office has thrived on the Mac, and Microsoft doesn't ignore huge markets. As for timing, The Daily's Matt Hickey reports that a new Office for Mac and an Office for Windows 8 would launch near the end of 2012, presumably when Windows 8 itself launches. Meanwhile, the iPad version could launch "well ahead of that date."

As for Microsoft (which, along with NBC Universal, is a co-owner of msnbc.com), a spokesperson could only tell us,?"We have nothing to share at this time."

Sure, it's a rumor, but it's a juicy one, and one we'd like to see come true. Here's hoping.

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Source: http://technolog.msnbc.msn.com/_news/2011/11/29/9099681-rumor-ipad-will-get-microsoft-office-in-2012

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