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From: es2q+@andrew.cmu.edu (Erik Warren Selberg)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.programmer
Subject: Re: Developers conference
Message-ID: <Ia8FgFi00WB38T6ltJ@andrew.cmu.edu>
Date: 9 Apr 90 23:30:25 GMT
Organization: Carnegie Mellon, Pittsburgh, PA
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<in reply to what Dave said about charging high prices for a "losing affair",
but not quoted as Andrew's VUI doesn't, or as I don't know how yet>

I fail to see how any developers' conference can be a lose on Apple's part.
Granted, they give up the gobs of money hiring people & renting places for it,
but think about what they're doing.  They're giving people info on how to
make software & hardware accessories for the Mac, which will further the
attractiveness of the Mac & thus people will buy more.  And as you said, it's
awesome consumer relations, because if all us techies say Apple is cool, then
the clueless ones will usually take out advice.  So I definately would not call
it a money-losing project.
The other thing I wanted to mention:  I know about the "Intro to Word"
and like seminars, and yes, they do cost.  However, the people who run the
stuff are raking it in, and the people who spend the money and go can afford
the $800 talking manual.  Last summer I did some free-lance consulting for
some local businesses for around $20-$30 and hour, and they were quite happy
to shell it out to have me set up their Macs and regurgitate the WriteNow
and SuperPaint manuals.  Being lazy and not reading manuals is just being
fodder for people who know what they're doing (much like people who can't
change a spare tire).  But I think that developers are a bit different...
instead of telling people how to change a spare, you're teaching people how
to make cars and how they work -- all the tricky and in-depth stuff.  This
should be made open to all the rookies, because if they aren't then all the
wizards ane going to be pushing daisies in 50 years and people will be wonderinghow to copy to an offscreen bitmap.

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