Apple's iWork now #2 to Microsoft Office


	Apple's iWork now #2 to Microsoft Office

adamc

1-23-2006 6:09 PM

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iwork, apple, keynote, office, microsoft, microsoft office, mac

adamc says:

Funny CNET's article title has iWork emerging as a "rival" to Office. Not sure a 2.7 percent market share is grounds to be considered a rival.

That said, I bought iWork last year and Keynote is my favorite program of all time. It's an incredibly intuitive tool for graphical prototyping.

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