Microsoft Changes Tack, Making Its Office Suite Free on Mobile - NYTimes.com

No more Office 365 requirement for full Office smartphone/tablet functionality

"Microsoft started to suggest a more open posture earlier this year, when it released an iPad version of Office that could be used to read documents, spreadsheets and presentations. If users wanted to edit or print those documents, though, they needed to pay a subscription fee to Microsoft. Now Microsoft is doing away with those hindrances. It is starting to test similarly full-featured and free Office apps for tablets running Android, Google’s mobile operating system. And it is updating Office apps for iPhone to allow editing, at a time when Apple’s new big-screen smartphones are making it easier to get work done on the devices."

Microsoft Changes Tack, Making Its Office Suite Free on Mobile - NYTimes.com