The Microsoft Macintosh "According to Browne, Microsoft intends to deliver .NET capabilities through future versions of Office and IE on the Macintosh. He specifically—and repeatedly—said that Microsoft will not offer a separate Macintosh .NET development platform or APIs to ISVs. Indeed, he noted in passing that all of Microsoft's Mac development is now hosted on Metrowerks tools. When asked about third-party access to the .NET APIs, Browne said: "If ISVs are interested in that, we should get together and approach Apple about it.""