I just hope a better compatibility with office so i don't have to use office for complicated document or powerpoint slide.
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Tomshardware.com. Really, that's your backup.
It's called marketing. Samsung is the largest seller of Smartphones in the world and they trash Apple.
Nokia trashes Apple and Samsung.
Apple's senior management trashes Android & Google.
Google trashes Apple and Microsoft.
None of that has anything to do with the FACT that Microsoft is the standard in Office Productivity software.
Office 365 is merely an evolution to their box set as the market moves towards an online, social market to collaborate with others and increase productivity.
Yup.
...which means they're not targetting Office's key demographic: IT and corporate. They're aiming more towards the consumer market, which could easily be taken from MS. Office has always been a decent enough performer there, but their bread and butter have always been the two I listed above.
People who need Office will continue buying it. Those who don't, they can use Docs or buy the iWork suite. It'll ultimately make nothing more than a small dent to MS' bottom line, and will hardly make them irrelevant.
Incorrect. This trend is now 3 years old.
http://blog.rescuetime.com/2010/06/17/google-is-eating-microsofts-lunch-one-tasty-bite-at-a-time/
Okay, make fun of me by saying "doomed" ---- I never said that Apple hasn't come out with ANYTHING. What I'm saying is that watching Apple perform lately is like watching Babe Ruth win baseball games --- but quitting in the 8th inning when it is clear that the team is ahead. My point is that even if you have great products, you should operate your company at full throttle when your competitors are gunning for your throat and you have the cash to make good investments. Yes, Apple is a great company STILL and they still make good products. I'm just saying that they are looking a little lazy. Is that so hard to swallow? And some of the people on here actually agree with me that it does seem strange that they don't seem to hire as many developers as they could.
So a trend on some random blog from 2010 proves that no one is using Office. That's almost as bad as using google.com on a bibliography. Real websites with more users however would give more data to support your theory.
Lunaoso beat me to it.
Certainly more people are going to be using Google Docs over time, specially in the consumer market. But until Google offers an entire suite that can match Office in every way imaginable, they'll never see much gain in the corporate sector.
Certainly more people are going to be using Google Docs over time, specially in the consumer market. But until Google offers an entire suite that can match Office in every way imaginable, they'll never see much gain in the corporate sector.
If you really believe that then you are an idiot! Do you think Steve was the only one making decisions? Did you forget Steve had a whole army of talent underneath him... AND to be honest.. The real genius is Jony Ive and has been and is the one driving much of the innovation at Apple along with a team of very smart people. I can not even take your post seriously and believe your are really that ignorant ... Wow! -- Steve was good but he was only a small part of the equation.
Apple works at full throttle silently.. Always has always will. Then "bam" they will bitch slap everyone with something amazing... I do not think you know Apple history very well as your comments show this. They are very conservative and always have been and they work in stealth mode.. They are fine!! Patients!!!
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This is a clear mistake on Apple's part. Haven't they read countless posts on MacRumors (such as several in this thread) explaining how Apple has plenty of developers as it is, and throwing more people into the works can't possibly make software updates better or faster — and might even make things worse?!
What a waste of the biggest corporate cash pile on Earth to be hiring new people! After all, wasn't iWork's last major version on the Mac released just in 2009? Obviously the current team, who originally developed iWork '09 for Leopard (not Snow Leopard, but Leopard) has everything under control.
Hiring more staff to release an update cannot possibly do any good and is really going to come back and hurt Apple in the long run. During the past 5 years, they did manage to add full screen support to iWork, didn't they? People have unrealistic expectations. Why fix what isn't broken? Keep the current iWork team how it is and stop trying to burn money by hiring new people. Just the other day I heard a rumor that by the year 2026 the iWork team will be adding the ability to sort lists alphabetically in Pages...
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Actually in those no Jobs years Apple was very busy. Allowing clones, making many different hardware (like newtons, printers, cameras and more). So much stuff and it was killing Apple. The day Jobs was back on board, Jobs discontinued it all. ANd for a very good reason as we all know.
And you want to replace Cook with who? Another bean counter? Cook is a great CEO, one of the best. Jobs tried to be designer, CEO, and everything else all in one. Not the typical CEO. And I doubt there is anyone out there with the skills or want to be a 2nd jobs. Cook is doing a great job. I say keep him there as long as we can.
Google is going to end up writing down $5B for Motorola; the IP wasn't worth much of anything. Motorola as a Android builder has a poor track record that might not have any ROI. This would be an example that you would want Apple to follow?
It is true that Apple has lost out in bidding wars for a few small companies to Google, Facebook or whomever. At the same time, what "major" acquisitions could be absorbed into Apple's culture without serious indigestion? Apple has a good track record in buying small, IP heavy companies and or developing in house. Why change now?
Perhaps you might note some companies that would make a good fit with Apple.
Google's stock is at an all time high. Apple stock is down 35% since September of last Year and it was as high as 42% down.
Google posted a YoY Profit. Apple posted a YoY Loss.
Tim Cook has done nothing but spew the same thing that great "things" are in the works. Tim Cook's most relevant articles have been his apology letters. Tim Cook has done nothing this year as far as new products go and updates have been minimal at best.
Tim Cook is the second highest paid CEO in the tech industry and has nothing to show for it.
Apologize all you care to for Tim Cook but many CEO's have been fired for much better numbers than he has posted in the last year.
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Correction to article: iWork was originally released in 2005, not 2009. And before someone says this was a reference to the current version, it wasn't.
Sure ... I am still waiting for the first slap to be dealt, even in stealth mode nothing "amazing" has been achieved - slow updates and some tweaked functionalities of existing software line-up.
In the software arena Apple has been lack luster at best. Sure other companies have been making great Apple software (Devon, OmniGroup, etc.), but Apple ... nah.
Let us not forget that Steve Jobs chose Tim Cook.
While I agree on some of your points, I have to highly disagree with the one about Apple not making acquisitions simply because making acquisitions isn't always the best alternative, nor will it solve any of Apple's problems it's facing right now.
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I hope we see an update really soon! I love being able to use pages and keynote on my iMac, macbook, iPhone, and ipad. Sure they have their flaws and are in definite need of an update asap, but I love being able to access all my files through iCloud!
Because Microsoft OWNS this arena
There has not been an adoption of Apple's version of Word, Excel and Powerpoint in corporate America. Period.
Oh, yeah, Apple and a few other corps use it but the the real money is in the tens of thousands of corporations across the globe who standardized on MS's products years ago and don't want to have all of their employees waste their time learning something new that they already own and works great.
Apple, this is not your core competency so why bother. Eat MS for lunch on every other front instead.
Let the flames begin. The truth often hurts.
There has not been an adoption of Apple's version of Word, Excel and Powerpoint in corporate America. Period.
Oh, yeah, Apple and a few other corps use it but the the real money is in the tens of thousands of corporations across the globe who standardized on MS's products years ago and don't want to have all of their employees waste their time learning something new that they already own and works great.
Apple, this is not your core competency so why bother. Eat MS for lunch on every other front instead.
Let the flames begin. The truth often hurts.
So, what amazing, useful innovations have you seen from Facebook, Microsoft, Google and Samsung lately?
This is a joke post right?
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It was never Apple's intention to replace MS Office in corporate America. So no, that has nothing to do with it.
You clearly don't understand what you're talking about. By not utilizing document saves via the cloud as an option, Microsoft runs the risk of falling a generation behind its competition and lose a significant edge in regards to collaboration and sharing.