Official line
iWork.com beta ended; sharing moved to iCloud.
Apple · Productivity · Product
iWork.com
Discontinued
2009–2012 · 3 years in market
Launched
Jan 6, 2009
Discontinued
Jul 31, 2012
Cause of death
Replaced by successor
Evidence
Unsourced
What was it?
Apple’s early document-sharing beta for Pages, Numbers, and Keynote. Folded when iCloud arrived.
Why it died
Editorial reading
A separate sharing site next to the iWork apps was a staging ground, not a network. iCloud ate the job.
Founder takeaway
A sharing URL is not a collaboration product. Put the file where the identity already lives.
Sources
Unsourced — editorial reading
No primary source is attached yet. Treat the interpretation as editorial, not a citation.
What replaced it
Apple
iCloud
The account that replaced the beta site.
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