This response was e-mailed to David Pogue in reply to his New York Times article, entitled "Apple's Latest 0.1 Adds a Lot":
> "..that far more software is available for Windows (true; "only"
> 6,500 programs are available for Mac OS X).."
I'm afraid I'm going to have to take exception to the above statement. While
it's true that there are more native Windows applications, I think that this is
a misleading metric.
The Macintosh is by far the most compatible platform. It runs Classic
applications, Mac OS X applications, BSD applications, Linux applications, and
X11 applications. As surely you know, the Mac will even run Windows
applications via Virtual PC.
This being the case, it's a reasonable conclusion that "far more software is
available for Windows" is a false statement. I thank you kindly for an
otherwise excellent article.
