Microsoft didn't do much or any work to support PowerPC, actually. It was mostly paid by Motorola, which created a team in Austin to do the port, to be sold for

Microsoft didn't do much or any work to support PowerPC, actually. It was mostly paid by Motorola, which created a team in Austin to do the port, to be sold for their PowerStack machines: https://www.computer.org/csdl/proceedings/cmpcon/1994/5380/00/00282910.pdf https://www.computer.org/csdl/proceedings/cmpcon/1994/5380/0... I remember rumours that Motorola also paid Microsoft money for the privilege of doing all the work.