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AppleWorks/ClarisWorks Dies Quietly

Posted by kdawson on from the out-to-pasture-or-off-to-the-knackers dept.

Several readers noted that Apple has quietly discontinued AppleWorks, in the week that the company's spreadsheet solution, Numbers, debuted in its iWork suite. The AppleWorks website now directs users to the iWork section of the Apple site. AppleWorks was introduced — before the Macintosh — in 1984 and began its long twilight as abandonware in 1999.

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  1. Sentence by coren2000 · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    ...And there you will hand by your neck until you are dead, dead, dead!

  2. Re:hypercard by Whitemage12380 · · Score: 1, Offtopic

    Good God! I started digging into Hypercard when I was about the same age, on a Macintosh SE. It introduced me to graphic design, programming, and basic game design. I have higher respect for that program than any other, past and present.