Project Manager for iWork
Microsoft Office loses its project management capabilities this fall, and iCal's To Do management continues to stink.
Does this open up a window for a Projects app for iWork?
In the Project Management field, things are better than they used to be on the Mac.
We now have Merlin, OmniPlan, Project X, FastTrack Schedule and a few smaller entries.
But none of these is as mainstream as Entourage was.
I doubt many people would complain if iCal lost To Dos for a better implementation elsewhere.
The thing about project management is that everything's gone web-based and collaborative.
That brings MobileMe into play, and offers Apple a route to getting corporate interest in iPhone, iPad, iWork and MobileMe revenue streams.
Should Apple introduce a Projects app for iWork next?
Base app included with iWork, iPhone/iPad versions available separately and MobileMe required for web features.
Sound like a plan?
Does this open up a window for a Projects app for iWork?
In the Project Management field, things are better than they used to be on the Mac.
We now have Merlin, OmniPlan, Project X, FastTrack Schedule and a few smaller entries.
But none of these is as mainstream as Entourage was.
I doubt many people would complain if iCal lost To Dos for a better implementation elsewhere.
The thing about project management is that everything's gone web-based and collaborative.
That brings MobileMe into play, and offers Apple a route to getting corporate interest in iPhone, iPad, iWork and MobileMe revenue streams.
Should Apple introduce a Projects app for iWork next?
Base app included with iWork, iPhone/iPad versions available separately and MobileMe required for web features.
Sound like a plan?
Comments
They could take it mainstream. Right now, only a select few use any of the PM apps on the Mac.
Everybody else either goes nuts with iCal's limited To Dos or runs out and buys Things.
It's 2010. I think that if you buy a 27" Core i5 iMac, a proper task manager should come with the package.
If Apple can build Keynote for $99., they could do the same for Projects.
None of the apps listed hit that mark where the mainstream Mac market resides.
Again, combining the iPhone, iPad, iWork, MobileMe (and even iChat and FaceTime) could be a powerful winner for Apple in the business and non-profit markets.
Keynote hasn't put other presentation apps 'out of business' on the Mac, just forced them to be better or specialize in a certain area. Projects would do the same.
If Apple can build Keynote for $99., they could do the same for Projects.
This is a non sequitur. The relationship of Keynote to the market is fundamentally different than the relationship of any conceivable Apple project management application to the market.
Keynote. Keynote is a presentation application. There is exactly one other presentation application of note for the Mac, Microsoft's PowerPoint. However, Keynote and PowerPoint have different target audiences. PowerPoint is bloated and expensive. Its superiority to PowerPoint notwithstanding, Keynote is lean and inexpensive. Because Keynote's only credible competition is produced by Microsoft, there is absolutely no danger of its forcing its third-party competition out of business.
Proposed Apple Project Manager. The structure of this market is the exact opposite of the presentation application market. Here, Microsoft has no offering for MacOS X. In the absence of Microsoft, several other third-party developers entered with superb offerings. If Apple were to enter this market, then the market would shift dramatically toward Apple's offering. The developers who spent considerable time and resources developing software and customer bases would be squeezed out.
None of the apps listed hit that mark where the mainstream Mac market resides.
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Huh?
I just wish that there was someone on the iCal team that not only knew what a electronic calendar program was but had actually used one.