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From: jason@madnix.UUCP (Jason Blochowiak)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.apple
Subject: Re: APDA membership
Message-ID: <1180@madnix.UUCP>
Date: 16 Mar 90 11:23:55 GMT
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Reply-To: jason@madnix.UUCP (Jason Blochowiak)
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TMPLee@DOCKMASTER.NCSC.MIL writes:
>Could someone please summarize what the various kinds of APDA
>"memberships" are?  How much does each cost per year and what do you get
>for your money?  Even though my GS is used almost entirely for business
>purposes, any programming I do on it is primarily as a hobby, so I can't
>justify the several hundred $ I vaguely remember people saying "full" =
>(for serious developers) memberships cost.

	There's only one type of APDA membership - it costs $20 a year, and
you get the APDALog, which has some articles related to programming (that are
usually pretty good, although there are definitely more Mac articles), and a
catalog of products. The catalog includes some 3rd party products, but is
mostly the sole distribution point for Apple's coding stuff (like APW) and
preliminary documentation (like Vol 3 of the Toolbox Ref Manual, beta).

	There are other types of connections with Apple, tho' - there are
Apple Associates, and Apple Partners. Both of them are pretty expensive for
a hobbyist (can't say for sure, but I think being a Partner costs $600/yr),
but fairly cheap for a company.

	So, your needs would probably be satisfied with an APDA membership.

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                      Jason Blochowiak - jason@madnix.UUCP
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