This also means that Twitter could now have, if it chooses, an official branded client that runs on Windows. When they announced Twitter for Mac, they said: "

This also means that Twitter could now have, if it chooses, an official branded client that runs on Windows. When they announced Twitter for Mac, they said: "We acquired atebits with a focus on launching our own Twitter iPhone application. Since then, we’ve been asked repeatedly for a new version of Tweetie for Mac. We decided that the new version fits well into our goal of ensuring that mainstream users will have the best possible experience on popular platforms." Mobile platforms may be the future, and an OS X client allows them to show off a bit and gain influential users, but the sheer size of the Windows user-base is not to be sniffed at.