In A Huge Shift, Microsoft Might Release Office For iPad Before It's Out For Windows 8 (MSFT, AAPL)

Microsoft is going to release Office for iPad "sooner than you think," says Microsoft reporter, Mary Jo Foley. She thinks its out in the first half of this year, and in a bit of a bombshell, she thinks it could be ready for iPad before its ready for Windows 8: I hear Ballmer and the senior leaders of the company may have had a change of heart towards the end of last year. According to one of my contacts, Ballmer OK'd the suggestion by the Office team that they'd bring Office for iPad to market...