Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer isn’t scared to talk his notice with regards to competition, plus that’s what he did merely newly talking regarding Google plus Dropbox. In an interview with Bloomberg Businessweek, Ballmer discussed the company’s brand-new Office 2013 suite, in addition to its SkyDrive cloud storage service, plus mentioned which he’s confident which Microsoft’s unique Office treatments may gain a great deal of consumers, despite competition from Google’s own set of workplace suite goods.

Speaking regarding Dropbox, Ballmer reported which the service’s 100 million consumers “sounds like a very little quantity,” plus he noted which Office consumers outnumber Dropbox’s consumer base by many. While he wasn’t automatically striving to downplay Dropbox’s importance, Ballmer mentioned which it’s just only a “fine small business.”

Microsoft currently boasts about 1 billion Office consumers, plus when several think which quantity may remain stagnant, Ballmer disagrees plus states which the service can continue to develop plus bring in brand-new consumers, because of the “more plus more people” entering the classroom or workplace plus taking on more information-heavy jobs.

Towards the finish of the interview, Ballmer was asked regarding Office coming to the iPad, plus declined to straight comment about it. But, he did state which the firm is “very glad” plus “very happy” with all the product, plus “it makes sense found on the equipment like the Mac as well as the PC.” As far as future plans for an iPad variation of Office, though? “We’ll see what you see inside the future.”

[via Bloomberg Businessweek]