Version 1.2 of Microsoft's list, dated Thursday, lists 104 apps that have earned the "Certified for Windows Vista" logo. Of those, 23 are Microsoft applications, meaning just 81 third-party apps have earned the Vista logo.
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Those numbers are slightly misleading, however; another 682 applications have been certified to "Work With Windows Vista" which means, that they, well, work. Of these, 80 are Microsoft applications.
The difference between the two lists seems to be the large number of older products that have been tested against Vista; for example, one of Microsoft's self-published games, Dungeon Siege 2, carries the "Works With Vista" logo but not the "Certified" logo— probably because the game was released in 2006, before Vista was launched.
Just a few popular apps carry the Vista certification: Cyberlink's PowerDVD, Nero 7 Premium, Raxco's PerfectDisk disk optimization tool, Trend Micro's PC-cillin, and Ulead's VideoStudio 10.
Slightly more worrying, though, is the relative unimportance of a vast majority of the applications carrying the "Works With" logo.
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