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so what do you guys think of iWork? i'm not exactly sure what apple is trying to do here with this, but i think somehow they'll end up regretting making such a software program.
the reason for my concern is what happened with the onslaught of SAFARI as opposed to IE. i like SAFARI much better than IE, but look what MS did when SAFARI came out. MS knew that their future with IE for MAC was done so they said that they will no longer provide new versions of IE which is fine b/c whatever browser we use to access the internet still takes us to the same internet. it won't hurt the PC user and more importantly it won't hurt the MAC user.
the potential problem with iWork is that it will hinder how MACs and PCs communicate with each other. problems are bound to arise even if iWork is compatible with MS Word. and if iWork becomes wildly popular then what will happen to MS Office for MAC. will MS decide to discontinue this line of software as well? i'm sure learning OS X is a big hindrance for PC users to switch to MAC, but now let's say in the future that MS discontinues Office for MAC, that will just further convince people to stay away from MACs.
let's face the facts here people, MS Windows machines DOMINATE the computer world in terms of market share. i think it's awesome that Apple comes out with machines that don't run a crappy OS, but at some point Apple is going to have to learn when to draw the line and play nice with MS. if Apple is trying to reach the masses with things like the MAC MINI and the iMAC then i think iWork could turn out to be majorly counterintuitive. what do you guys think?
the reason for my concern is what happened with the onslaught of SAFARI as opposed to IE. i like SAFARI much better than IE, but look what MS did when SAFARI came out. MS knew that their future with IE for MAC was done so they said that they will no longer provide new versions of IE which is fine b/c whatever browser we use to access the internet still takes us to the same internet. it won't hurt the PC user and more importantly it won't hurt the MAC user.
the potential problem with iWork is that it will hinder how MACs and PCs communicate with each other. problems are bound to arise even if iWork is compatible with MS Word. and if iWork becomes wildly popular then what will happen to MS Office for MAC. will MS decide to discontinue this line of software as well? i'm sure learning OS X is a big hindrance for PC users to switch to MAC, but now let's say in the future that MS discontinues Office for MAC, that will just further convince people to stay away from MACs.
let's face the facts here people, MS Windows machines DOMINATE the computer world in terms of market share. i think it's awesome that Apple comes out with machines that don't run a crappy OS, but at some point Apple is going to have to learn when to draw the line and play nice with MS. if Apple is trying to reach the masses with things like the MAC MINI and the iMAC then i think iWork could turn out to be majorly counterintuitive. what do you guys think?