Microsoft May Bring Office to the App Store
Microsoft is apparently tentatively considering bringing Office for Mac to Apple’s Mac App Store.
Microsoft has said it is considering making Office for Mac, or some Office products, available via the App Store. Speaking to All Things D’s Ina Fried, the company said that though the software is already available via numerous other channels, it hasn’t ruled out bringing it to the Mac App Store.
“It’s something we are looking at,” Amanda Lefebvre told Mobilized. “It’s something we haven’t ruled out,” she said. “We just have to see how that relates to our business.”
While users may have to wait a while before they can download MS Office products from the Mac App Store, it’s important to remember that it’s still very early days for the digital distribution platform. Though it was announced way back in October, it was only launched on January 6.

i doubt that ubuntu receives the credit though... no jobs will say
"the mac app store, we knew we needed this from day one. the mac app store is a revolutionary new way of distributing software. look at us and our false originality."
and the iphone app store didn't come from apple, it came from jailbreak devs.
It is also an app in the chrome web store. I use it on my Cr-48 chrome notebook.
https://login.live.com/login.srf?wa=wsignin1.0&rpsnv=11&ct=1296278231&rver=6.1.6206.0&wp=MBI&wreply=http://office.live.com/summary.aspx&lc=1033&id=250206&cbcxt=doc
Seems like an obvious money maker (though a hit to their Win7 phone line, I guess).
I know the service, but because it's free I think you can count on limits on how much you can store (though their SkyDrive offers 25GBs for free) and there would be less functionality (though all I need in Word is spell check and columns) while also needing an always-on internet connection to save.
offer a free product to all the schools and in return u get a future generation familiar with the product.