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Nadella may deserve some, perhaps a lot, of the credit, but, most of the software and technology developments were well underway and even ready for deployment, before Ballmer had even declared that he was leaving.

I was speaking with a MS guy today who is involved closely with Office 365 product management and their previous BPOS product, and he said that Office for the iPad had been done for a year and they sat on it, because Ballmer would never have released it.

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Office for the iPad had been done for a year and they sat on it, because Ballmer would never have released it

Well, there you go. Office for iPad had been done for a year, and that occurred under Ballmer's direction.

Then, when it comes to Ballmer not wanting to release it, that's pure speculation and hearsay. I understand that there's another source inside MS that says that, Office for the iPad wasn't released earlier, because MS was waiting for the release of iOS 7, which removed some of the problems and issues that Office would have had with iOS 6. Isn't it interesting that soon after iOS 7 came out, that Office for iPad was also released?

Still, all development work occurred while Ballmer was still the head at MS, and the idea to support other platforms had also been decided under Ballmer.