Slash LaneWhile ushering in the latest version of its iWork productivity suite, Apple Inc. has quietly pulled the plug on its archaic AppleWorks bundle by permanently discontinuing the product.
Products dubbed End of Life (or EOL) by Apple are no longer sold or updated. A quick check of the AppleWorks website confirms the move, as it now directs viewers to Apple's iWork website.
Macworld UK notes that the original AppleWorks was written by Robert Lissner and released in 1984 by Apple for the Apple II family of computers, and at one point was the biggest-selling software package in the industry.
AppleWorks was reincarnated in the 90's as ClarisWorks, with Bob Hearn and Scott Holdaway teaming for the majority of the initial development work.
At one time, AppleWorks was bundled with all consumer level Macs sold by Apple. However, it entered a state of limbo in the late 90's at version 6.0 and would never recover.
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AppleWorks was reincarnated in the 90's as ClarrisWorks,...
Claris, ladies and gentlemen, not Clarris.
when you type apple works into the spotlight-like search up top, it comes up but then puts you through to iwork....
What took so long? Apple Works was dying on the vine years ago...
What took so long? Apple Works was dying on the vine years ago...
well we're still missing a database and drawing component to iwork
AppleWorks was last updated in January of 2004...every day that's gone by, I was more amazed that it was kept on the market. I'm guessing they maintained the life support mainly for the education sector and those who continue to rely on databases created in it.