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They didn't make Publisher, it had been around for a few years before they acquired it.
At the time (early 90's), DTP was growing, fast. Publisher was stupid cheap compared to Aldus and Quark and could do all the day-to-day stuff for a fraction of the cost (and faster).
I was using all 3 at the time, and my go-to was Publisher as it was easier, and way faster on the hardware then.
I'd use PageMaker for multi-page, ongoing docs, but a single page? Publisher.
MS acquired Pub around 1995. (They'd deny it, like they do with OneNote, but I was using Pub before they owned it).