Probably because, from Microsoft's point of view, the main reason Access exists is as a gateway drug to SQL Server. There's no SQL Server for Mac OS X (and no p

Probably because, from Microsoft's point of view, the main reason Access exists is as a gateway drug to SQL Server. There's no SQL Server for Mac OS X (and no point in making one, since hardly anyone runs Mac servers), so no reason to port Access. The parts of Office that were ported to Mac are different in that they're money-makers in their own right: people will happily buy Office just to get Word or Excel, but not just to get Access.