Path: utzoo!utgpu!utorvm!ryerson!acps1072 Date: Friday, 7 Dec 1990 16:47:40 EST From: ACPS1072@RYERSON Message-ID: <90341.164740ACPS1072@Ryerson.CA> Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.misc Subject: Re: The New Macs: Greedy Compromises? References: <47110@apple.Apple.COM> <1990Dec5.072931.4079@cs.ucla.edu> <11447@goofy.Apple.COM> <1990Dec7.085447.19397@cs.ucla.edu> Apple Greedy?? You bet they are!!! Sheesh but then again they've been bleeding us users for money ever since the MACs started coming out. For example when programming an application... Has anyone tried to get information on PICT, RIFF, TIFF or any other MAC information (32-bit quickdraw). sheesh... this costs gobs of money especially for us freelance programmers that have to buy everything ourselves. The purchasing of the machine is nothing compared to software and info. The software probably costs so much because of how much the developer has to pay to create the software. (ie. ColorStudio by letraset $2000.00 Animation (something or other) by Linker systems $9000.00 ) Sheesh at this rate why not just buy an amiga and develop for those Commodore machines. ($50.00 to become a developer, information is practically free) prices in Canadian dollars Derek<<<<< (a struggling computer programmer) ACPS1072@Ryerson Toronto, ON