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In a message dated 4/7/02 3:18:18 am, info.futuresteprecordings@... 
writes:

>What is it 5% Mac users, %95 Windows?

WOAH!! Shouldn't that be 95% *PC* users?- There are an large amout of Linux 
users as well-However, I do totally agree with you- I just think that- in my 
experience with porting over software, I've rarely come across that, done 
well. I think my only experience of good porting would be Outlook Express and 
Reason- which are both very stable (Mac G3 here)

I just got Reaktor- which incidently, for the Mac is as buggy as hell- which 
is not good after I paid so much money for it. The architecture of both the 
PC and Mac are different- I think that's why (I guess) Emagic had to 
completely re-write the engine for PC Logic (Yes it is a bit odd that they go 
to those great lengths and then this takeover happens- confused?- so am I). I 
think where the problem lies, is that- (because of the huge expense 
involved)- PC software designers rarely rewrite the soft for Mac- and the Mac 
is forced to behave like a PC- which is fine for the developers, because they 
now have Mac versions of their software- but it is us who lose out, because 
the development is forever ongoing.

It's a crying shame that BeOS bit the dust- an OS designed for Mac and then 
redesigned for PC. But (like Linux) it could be used- with amazing speed- on 
pre-G3 PPC Macs and all Intel PC's. - Perhaps Steinberg should buy up BeOS 
and get it functioning again- then both parties would be happy?!

Tom :-)