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Dan Pop (danpop@mail.cern.ch) wrote:
: >How many shipping WinNT/Win95-native applications are there?  I've
: >been seeing counts around 200.  There are 1,500 native PowerMac
: >applications, and around 10,000 MacOS applications.
: 
: Let's avoid comparing apples to oranges.  Compare MacOS (the currently
: shipping version) applications with Windows 3.1 applications and
: shipping 32-bit Windows applications with shipping Copland applications.  
: What gives?

	Umm... yah.  

	The difference between 32bit and 16bit windows apps, is 
analogous to the difference between PPC native and 68k apps (even though 
both are 32bit).  
	
	But, *you* think that the difference between all currently 
avalaibe MacOS applications and 16bit Windows applications, is 
directly analagous to all 32bit Windows applications and all Copland 
applications (which of course do not exist).  Were sucking on a bong when 
you wrote that?  

	Let's straighten this out.  First, lets forget about Copland.  
We all know that there aren't any Copland applications (which was your 
point of course).  Second, realize that all 10,000+ Macitosh applications 
are all 32bit.  Thirdly, take into consideration the analogy that I 
proposed above between 32bit/16bit Windows apps and PPC/68k Macintosh 
apps.    

	It is logical to compare this difference, because both platform 
are undergoing very similar changes.  The Mac is moveing form 68k to 
PPC, and Wintel is moving from 16bit to 32bit.  On both sides, 
applications must be re-compiled and in most instances, re-writen to take 
advantage of the new system.  PPC code for Macs and 32bit code for 
Windows95 and NT.  A little different.. but the same difference.  :)

	So compareing this change is most certainly logical and 
relevant.  There are currently over 200 32bit Windows apps, to 1500+ PPC 
native apps.  Conversly, there are proabably 30,000+ 16bit Windows apps, 
and well over 10,000+ 68k Macintosh apps.    

	Useing this analogy, and knowing that some day the idea of 32bit 
applications will eventualy catch on in the PC industry, we can conclude 
that the number of 32bit Windows apps will someday over take the number of 
PPC native Macintosh applications.  A completely pointless and useless 
bit of information.  

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-Kevin Stone