Qi Lu is an Executive Vice President at Microsoft and runs Bing Search, Skype, and Office. Office for iPad was the result of his group’s efforts. This interview was interesting, but I thought the real value was to get to know him.

This bit was notable:

Q: Some of the Mac people have been working on Office for iPad. We haven’t seen a new version of Office for Mac in a while.

A: We are definitely working on a new version of Office for Mac.

Part of my hesitance to sign up for Office 365 is that the apps I use, Excel and Word, have not been updated. So I’d be paying for the right to use those apps on my iPad. Not enough of a pull. But if Office for Mac was updated, that might get me off the dime.