SAN FRANCISCO, June 11 — Apple said today that it would make its Safari Web browser available for Windows-based PCs, opening a new front in its rivalry with Microsoft.
A test version of the program will be available beginning today for downloading from Apple’s Web site.
With his usual showmanship, Mr. Jobs said Safari would have twice the performance of Microsoft’s browser, Internet Explorer. He also expressed confidence that Apple would be able to increase its market share against the dominant software firm, pointing to the fact that there have been a half a billion downloads of Apple’s iTunes software, most of them by Windows users.