Apple relied on high profit margins and never developed a clear response.
Much of the software Apple develops is bundled with its computers.
Supposedly programs could be ported with little effort because Apple developed equivalent headers for x86.
Apple developed its own pen-based operating system software for Newton.
Since so much of the existing system would be difficult to re-write, Apple developed a two-stage approach to the problem.
But because in the world of Macs, Apple develops the new/better thing.
But Apple and Microsoft are developing their own systems.
Later Apple was developing an entirely new computing platform for its Newton.
They would release a powerful new operating system, called "Pink," which Apple developed.
Apple has developed as an open source project that it hopes will be adopted by the wider Unix community.