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Re: Apple Addresses iWork For Mac Criticism By Pre-Announcing The Return Of Many Features

From Calum <com.gmail@nospam.scottishwildcat>
Newsgroups comp.sys.mac.system, comp.sys.mac.apps
Subject Re: Apple Addresses iWork For Mac Criticism By Pre-Announcing The Return Of Many Features
Date 2013-11-09 02:01 +0000
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On 07/11/2013 15:41, Fred Moore wrote:

> Or really? One wonders why Apple didn't just say so at the release of
> the new version. It would have short-circuited all the brouhaha before
> it ever had a chance to develop a head of steam.

When you announce new software, you never draw attention to what it 
can't do. That would have been a much bigger PR disaster than what 
actually happened.

> Oh wait! Could there possibly another reason? Like they're lying. They
> never intended to include those features until there was a broad hue and
> cry.

I doubt that. Apple has a pretty significant precedent for doing it this 
way: Final Cut Pro X.

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Xbox: GallusNumpty  Steam: scottishwildcat

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Apple Addresses iWork For Mac Criticism By Pre-Announcing The Return Of Many Features Michelle Steiner <foo@bar.com> - 2013-11-06 13:50 -0700
  Re: Apple Addresses iWork For Mac Criticism By Pre-Announcing The Return Of Many Features Fred Moore <fmoore@gcfn.org> - 2013-11-07 10:41 -0500
    Re: Apple Addresses iWork For Mac Criticism By Pre-Announcing The Return Of Many Features Lloyd <lloydp21@live.com> - 2013-11-07 09:49 -0600
      Re: Apple Addresses iWork For Mac Criticism By Pre-Announcing The Return Of Many Features Fred Moore <fmoore@gcfn.org> - 2013-11-07 12:51 -0500
        Re: Apple Addresses iWork For Mac Criticism By Pre-Announcing The Return Of Many Features Michelle Steiner <foo@bar.com> - 2013-11-07 22:23 -0700
          Re: Apple Addresses iWork For Mac Criticism By Pre-Announcing The Return Of Many Features Lloyd <lloydp21@live.com> - 2013-11-08 06:59 -0600
      Re: Apple Addresses iWork For Mac Criticism By Pre-Announcing The Return Of Many Features Your Name <YourName@YourISP.com> - 2013-11-08 08:54 +1300
        Re: Apple Addresses iWork For Mac Criticism By Pre-Announcing The Return Of Many Features Lloyd <lloydp21@live.com> - 2013-11-07 14:02 -0600
      Re: Apple Addresses iWork For Mac Criticism By Pre-Announcing The Return Of Many Features PhillipJones <pjonescet@comcast.net> - 2013-11-07 15:37 -0500
      Re: Apple Addresses iWork For Mac Criticism By Pre-Announcing The Return Of Many Features "D.F. Manno" <dfmanno@mail.com> - 2013-11-07 18:31 -0500
        Re: Apple Addresses iWork For Mac Criticism By Pre-Announcing The Return Of Many Features Michelle Steiner <foo@bar.com> - 2013-11-07 22:24 -0700
        Re: Apple Addresses iWork For Mac Criticism By Pre-Announcing The Return Of Many Features Fred Moore <fmoore@gcfn.org> - 2013-11-08 11:14 -0500
          Re: Apple Addresses iWork For Mac Criticism By Pre-Announcing The Return Of Many Features Lloyd <lloydp21@live.com> - 2013-11-08 10:37 -0600
            Re: Apple Addresses iWork For Mac Criticism By Pre-Announcing The Return Of Many Features Your Name <YourName@YourISP.com> - 2013-11-09 09:42 +1300
    Re: Apple Addresses iWork For Mac Criticism By Pre-Announcing The Return Of Many Features gtr <xxx@yyy.zzz> - 2013-11-07 09:18 -0800
    Re: Apple Addresses iWork For Mac Criticism By Pre-Announcing The Return Of Many Features Calum <com.gmail@nospam.scottishwildcat> - 2013-11-09 02:01 +0000
  Re: Apple Addresses iWork For Mac Criticism By Pre-Announcing The Return Of Many Features gtr <xxx@yyy.zzz> - 2013-11-07 09:19 -0800
    Re: Apple Addresses iWork For Mac Criticism By Pre-Announcing The Return Of Many Features Savageduck <savageduck1@{REMOVESPAM}me.com> - 2013-11-07 10:25 -0800

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