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It's also a response to google docs. Introducing collaboration on iWork is a good first step to address to the shift towards shared docs. I imagine we'll see th
by dmyler 13y ago
It's also a response to google docs. Introducing collaboration on iWork is a good first step to address to the shift towards shared docs. I imagine we'll see that expand significantly in the future.
- dhruvmittal 13y agoI just wish they'd gone ahead and made iWork free across the board (or perhaps for Mavericks users), rather than only with the purchase of a new device.
- dmyler 13y agoDitto.
- cincinnatus 13y agoI suspect they will at some point in the next ~18 months.
- gonzo 13y agoif you already had iWork, they just upgraded you for free.
- a_c_s 13y agoThis likely has to do with GAAP (Generally Accepted Accounting Principles). iOS updates used to cost a nominal amount of money because new features have to have new revenues. (Why? Imagine you are selling a physical good, and promised a 1 year warranty - you have to reserve some revenue to cover the costs of honoring that warranty. If you didn't it would artificially inflate profits now by hiding future liabilities.) So what Apple does to get around this is reserve a bit of revenue from each new iPhone and realizes it on the balance sheet to cover the ongoing costs of iOS updates. I imagine this is what they are going to do with Macs too to cover OS X costs, and if this is correct it will likely be mentioned at next week's conference call.
- slantyyz 13y agoI think the GAAP part of it is that Apple has to be consistent with their previous revenue recognition strategies. GAAP itself doesn't force similar companies to recognize revenues in the same fashion that Apple did with the iPhone, i.e., you can make a phone and provide software updates that provide new features for free.