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Re:Microsoft Is Dead[2007] by pianoben on Saturday July 06, 2024 @05:39PM (#40893521)
Office for iOS wasn't _built_ under Ballmer. Outlook for iOS was _bought_ under Nadella, in the form of the startup Acompli.

The rest of the office-for-iOS suite took heavy inspiration from that, and didn't take a decent shape until 2016-2017.

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Re:Microsoft Is Dead[2007] by johnmorrow on Saturday July 06, 2024 @05:53PM (#40893605)
Were you involved with the project? I worked at msft back then and distinctly remember the office ipad team. I think ballmer actually let them release just the OneNote standalone app in 2013 iirc.
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Re:Microsoft Is Dead[2007] by crop_rotation on Saturday July 06, 2024 @05:53PM (#40893608)
https://www.theverge.com/2014/4/8/5594684/steve-ballmer-made...
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