Microsoft Office for the iPad: It's Delightfully Familiar - NYTimes.com

Office irony

"It’s hard not to see this as a win for Apple, too. The iPad version of Office is the first Office designed for a touch interface. You can’t get touch-friendly Word, Excel and PowerPoint on a Samsung tablet. You can’t even get it on Microsoft’s own Surface tablet (Microsoft say that a touch version of Office for Windows will come soon).

For years, Apple has asserted that the iPad is the most business-friendly tablet around. Microsoft has often argued otherwise. Now its case has fallen apart. If you want to use Microsoft’s best mobile software, you’ll need to buy Apple’s hardware."

Microsoft Office for the iPad: It's Delightfully Familiar - NYTimes.com