Microsoft Expanding Mac Team

Microsoft's Mac Business Unit is launching the biggest hiring initiative in its history as the group prepares to accelerate development of a new wave of software products for Apple users.

"We are hard at work planning for products beyond Office 2008, and we are growing our team to help turn our vision into reality," said Craig Eisler, General Manager of the Mac BU at Microsoft.

Microsoft's Mac chief didn't elaborate on exactly what those future products and directions would entail, though he did promise prospective hires the opportunity to work for the "the brightest, coolest, and most interesting business unit at Microsoft" where the "free caffeine, [...] milk and juice" will be ever flowing.

When pressed for details, a spokesperson for the Redmond, Wash.-based software giant would say only that the company expects to release new versions of Office for Mac every 2 to 3 years.

"We expect this to be the case with our next release," the spokersperson said. "We’re still the in early stages of planning and have nothing more to share at this time."