Why would Microsoft build an Office Suit to their Rival, Apple MAC?

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What can they gain from it? Because Apple is taking it to their advantage, tempting the pc users to switch to apple because their OS also supports Microsoft Office. Any Reasons?

Answer 1

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It is a legal dodge, mainly.
Microsoft owns a lot of Apple stock now, and by by having Office available for the Apple, they can claim that they are not leveraging the Windows OS to support their software empire.

The Mac version of Office is considerably different from the Windows version.

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Answer 2

Microsoft gets the money. And is also fully responsible for the program. In was an excellent business decision. Because of Office:Mac microsoft now gets money from not only thier pc users but also from the people using Mac's.

And because Microsoft Word is almost an industy standard MS has a iron grip on the king of text editors.