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Don't forget that the re-engineered Microsoft Office was made available on OSX not long afterwards. That move alone (plus Bill Gates' appearance at an Apple ev

Don't forget that the re-engineered Microsoft Office was made available on OSX not long afterwards. That move alone (plus Bill Gates' appearance at an Apple event) might have saved the platform, not only by making it more attractive to users, but also by giving the platform more credibility with larger enterprises.

scarface74 7y ago
Microsoft was one of the first developers for the Mac. Word, Excel and PowerPoint were on Macs since the 80s.
- alwillis 7y ago
  Excel 1.0 shipped on the Macintosh in 1985: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Microsoft_Excel#Apple_Macintosh https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Microsoft_Excel#Apple_Macintos...
- Narishma 7y ago
  They even started on the Mac before being ported to Windows. At least Excel did, not sure about the other two.