Microsoft mulls bringing Office to Apple’s Mac App Store

“Microsoft says it continues to be pleased with sales of the Mac version of Office, but has not yet decided whether to offer the product or any of its components in the Mac version of the App Store, which launched earlier this month,” Ina Fried reports for AllThingsD.

“Similar to the iPhone store, the App Store for Mac puts Apple in the position of retailer, taking a 30 percent cut of sales,” Fried reports. ‘”‘It’s something we are looking at,’ Microsoft’s Amanda Lefebvre told Mobilized.”

Fried reports, “In its absence, visitors to the App Store are given prominent options to buy Apple’s rival iWork components–Pages, Keynote and Numbers.”

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MacDailyNews Take: In this case, the late bird gets all the worms.