But here’s what Apple’s making iWork apps free for Windows users does do - the move makes it even easier for OS X and iOS shops to exchange and share iWork files with Windows users. Those unfamiliar with Apple’s iCloud app initiative can think of it, as Jordan Golson wrote on TechRepublic last week, as “something of a Google Docs competitor, offering nearly full-featured versions of Pages, Numbers, and Keynote in a browser.” As Golson noted, it’s unlikely users (Golson mentions Google Docs users specifically, but he would have been within reason suggesting Microsoft Office 365 users, as well) will just flock to iWork as a result. In other words, Windows users possessing no Apple devices can now use Apple’s Pages word processing program, Numbers spreadsheet app, and Keynote presentation software free on the Web using iCloud. Then Apple introduced free iWork apps for Windows users. Windows incompatibilities, as a result, have become irrelevant and no longer prohibit organizations that wish to leverage OS X and iOS from deploying such technologies. Just last week, I observed how most factors previously impeding organizations from deploying and adopting Macs and iOS devices no longer apply. Microsoft shops aren't the only beneficiaries of Apple's introduction of free web-based iWork apps for Windows users (via a new iCloud beta). Free iWork apps for Windows users aids Mac offices
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