Microsoft Office for iPad and Android are free - for how long?

Microsoft has released Office Preview for Android. See it here in my blogpost. There is also version for iPad as well. All you need to do is to sign up and create Microsoft account. After that it's possible to open, edit and save Office files (Word, Excel and PowerPoint).

I wonder if Microsoft will offer Office versions for tablets for free in the future. Is'nt it sort of time consuming to release and update Office for different platforms? Doesn't it cost a lot? Where is the money coming from? Well, I'm not going to pay. Not one euro.

Office Preview for Android goes to show Microsoft has to hurry up to keep it's market share what comes to Office productivity suites. At this phase Office is given for free. However it might not go on forever.

Excel Preview for Android on my Nexus 7 (2012)