<p>Remember when Microsoft Office ruled the world? Office files were so ubiquitous, and so proprietary, that the entire personal computing industry hinged on whether or not a given device could run Office. No more. After years of foot-dragging, Microsoft recently released Office for the iPhone.</p><p>Did you notice? We did, and had a definite meh feeling about it.</p><p>One reason it may not have crossed your radar, as The New York Times' David Pogue points out, is that Microsoft is only making Office available for the iPhone to Office 365 customers. That probably doesn't include you.</p><p>Why? Because as good as Office 365 is, it's hard to come up with a good reason to subscribe to it. When was the last time that Microsoft released an Office feature that you really, desperately needed? Maybe 10 years ago? If you have an old copy of Office sitting on your hard drive somewhere, you probably see little reason to upgrade to a cloud version, or any other newer version.</p><p><a href="http://readwrite.com/2013/06/21/microsofts-office-for-iphone-late-and-at-the-wrong-party">Keep reading...</a></p><p>Read also:</p><p><a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2013/06/20/technology/personaltech/microsoft-office-for-the-iphone-is-here-yawn.html?pagewanted=all">Microsoft Adds Office for iPhone. Yawn.</a> (New York Times (blog))</p><p><a href="http://www.informationweek.com/software/productivity-applications/microsoft-office-web-apps-will-upgrade-l/240157037">Microsoft Office Web Apps: Will Upgrade Lure Users?</a> (InformationWeek SMB (blog))</p><p><a href="http://gigaom.com/2013/06/19/the-best-ways-to-edit-and-view-microsoft-office-docs-on-your-ipad/">The best ways to edit and view Microsoft Office docs on your iPad</a> (GigaOM)</p><p>Explore: <a href="http://news.google.com/news/more?ncl=d9PUAqWvypVk6dMGY0x-EGALohH_M&ned=us">49 additional articles.</a></p>