I don't think Apple would have to provide support for running it in a VM. How much damage do you think it would do to their reputation if people were complaini

I don't think Apple would have to provide support for running it in a VM. How much damage do you think it would do to their reputation if people were complaining that running it in a VM was unreliable? 95%+ users wouldn't care (they would dismiss it as nerd problems), and the other 5% would be happy if it was good enough to run things like Safari for testing. If they ever want to be taken seriously in a business environment (outside of the creative industries) I think it would be wise of them to consider this. It can't be much worse for their reputation than completely blocking it. I don't think Microsoft building Office for Linux would be a waste at all. Photoshop, Office and Steam games are the big three I see from Linux users complaining about a lack of software. Not all Linux users are fanatical about free software. The question is - what is more important to Microsoft, Office ubiquity or keeping corporates on Windows?