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Re:Apple takes on Google and Microsoft with iWorks real-time... by josho on Wednesday September 07, 2016 @06:09PM (#12448319)
Platform lock in.

You are right that Apple needed iWork for iOS/Mac because they couldn't depend on Microsoft. But, now that they've got iWork it's another tentpole Apple can use to keep consumers locked into their platform.

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Re:Apple takes on Google and Microsoft with iWorks real-time... by strange_quark on Wednesday September 07, 2016 @06:26PM (#12448459)
Except that iWork is free on the web
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