In an attempt to bump this thread, I'd also like to say that I'd love to see a Mac-native alternative to TAMS Analyzer. I'm currently looking for a CAQDAS package, and have been looking at the available alternatives. Most of the Windows applications are hideously expensive. NVivo and Atlas.ti are the two that everybody talks about, and MAXQDA and QDA Miner are two that have recently been gaining plaudits. The impression I get is that usability expectations in specialist fields of Windows software are pretty low, and this is one field that's ripe for a shake-up.

Thanks for starting this thread, Jim. Please let us know how your work with Atlas.ti goes. I'd also love to hear about anyone else's experience with this kind of software.

By the way, there's a nice but incomplete series of tutorials on MAXQDA at http://www.gravlee.org/teaching/tutorials-qualitative/