Original suite of Microsoft software developed for the Apple Macintosh—including Microsoft Excel, Microsoft Word, and Microsoft Multiplan—all their original packaging, including floppy disks and user's guides, with Word and Multiplan marked as promotional samples, not for resale. In overall very good to fine condition.
At the time of the introduction of the Macintosh in 1984, Microsoft was the biggest third-party developer for Apple Computer. Bill Gates was so impressed with the Macintosh operating system—especially the novelty and user-friendliness of the GUI—that he convinced Apple to license the use of Macintosh features in Windows 1.0 and all future Microsoft software programs. Apple would bring a famous lawsuit against Microsoft in March 1988, in which courts found that any allegations of copyright infringement by Apple were covered by the existing license. By the time all related appeals and petitions came to an end in 1995, Microsoft had grown into a personal computing behemoth, and Apple teetered on the brink of collapse.
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