<p>Rumors about a version of Microsoft Office for the iPad have been around for a long time and resurface every so often. While it has been said that the folks in Redmond have already produced an unreleased Office for iPad, it's apparently buried in the back halls somewhere on the vast Microsoft campus.</p><p>Our own Mary Jo Foley has been expecting Office for iPad for so long that she's now openly asking why it's taking Microsoft so long to release it. She smartly wonders if Microsoft is sitting on Office to give the company's Surface tablets a leg up on the iPad. That makes sense but it may already be too late for Office to make an impact on the iPad.</p><p>Had a version of Office for the iPad been released a few years ago it might, and that's a very uncertain might, have been snapped up by iPad owners. Office is familiar to many given its long history on Windows and that probably would have led to sales to iPad owners.</p><p>A stripped down Office couldn't be sold as full Office for the iPad, so there would be no real advantage over existing apps for the iPad.</p><p><a href="http://www.zdnet.com/office-for-ipad-that-ship-has-sailed-7000022850/">Keep reading...</a></p><p>Read also:</p><p><a href="http://krebsonsecurity.com/2013/11/microsoft-warns-of-zero-day-attack-on-office/">Microsoft Warns of Zero-Day Attack on Office</a> (Krebs on Security)</p><p><a href="http://www.ibtimes.co.uk/articles/520053/20131106/microsoft-warns-windows-word-office-tif-image.htm">Microsoft Office Security Vulnerability Revealed</a> (IBTimes.co.uk)</p><p><a href="http://arstechnica.com/security/2013/11/install-fix-to-stop-in-the-wild-windows-and-office-exploit-microsoft-warns/">Install fix to stop in-the-wild Windows and Office exploit, Microsoft warns</a> (Ars Technica)</p><p>Explore: <a href="http://news.google.com/news/more?ncl=dPoa75lYkwaYSYMI4jkr4FytfjzLM&ned=us">132 additional articles.</a></p>