Yes, but if something slips by their QA team and they want to push a patch out, they don't have to wait a week. And if they want the new version of iWork to come out the second Steve Jobs takes the stage, they can make that happen.
The App Store takes a lot of things completely out of developers' control. In the end, Apple is still in total control with iWork on the App Store.
The App Store takes a lot of things completely out of developers' control. In the end, Apple is still in total control with iWork on the App Store.