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Mark Alan Cirino wrote:
> 
> In article <326108E9.3A82@worldnet.att.net>, Karen Chiu
> <chiu-scharf@worldnet.att.net> wrote:
> 
> > Doug wrote:
> > >
> > >
> > > SOFTWARE AVAILABILITY:
> > > If you know WHERE to look you can purchase software for either platform
> > > at the same time. The major exception to this is Microsoft software.
> > > They live in a PC-dominated society. (Heck, they even try to convince us
> > > that mainframes, and minicomputers are dead issues).
> >
> > For extremely popular titles this is true, but titles that have not yet
> > become hits become available for Windows first, even if the author fully
> > intends to port it to the Mac. They don't want to delay introduction while
> > working on the Mac version.
> >
> Oh, you mean, titles like, Adobe PhotoShop, Pagemaker, Illustrator,
> Persuasion and Premiere? Or, KPT Bryce? Or ClarisWorks and FileMaker Pro?
> Or QuarkXPress? All of these recent releases appeared on the Mac FIRST. 

That indeed was the case in the past, as these applications ran much better
on the Mac. It is no longer the case with commercial software.

> On a recent trip to the local CrapUSA store I noticed that virtually every
> single MultiMedia or educational title was available on a cross-platform
> CD.

At Crapusa this is probably the case. However for educational software that
goes beyond games, Windows has a clear advantage. One example is in software
for foreign language learning. Most has never been ported to the Mac because
the volumes don't warrant it.