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From: russotto@eng.umd.edu (Matthew T. Russotto)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.misc
Subject: Re: The New Macs: Greedy Compromises?
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Date: 9 Dec 90 16:48:17 GMT
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In article <90341.164740ACPS1072@Ryerson.CA> ACPS1072@Ryerson.CA (ACPS1072@RYERSON) writes:
>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.

PICT Format:  Inside Mac Volume 5, about $30 retail, and if you are programming
for Mac IIs, you need it anyway.

RIFF is proprietary (not Apple), I think-- and TIFF belongs to Aldus, but the
format is in many archive sites across the nets.

If you mean the offscreen graphics routines in 32-bit quickdraw, those are
in develop magazine--  don't recall how much it is per year, though.

Most 'other mac information' is in Inside Mac, or in the Tech Notes.  The
tech notes are free off the net or many BBSs.
>
>The software probably costs so much because of how much the developer has to
>pay to create the software.

Got any hard figures on that?  
I'm sure someone here with a current APDALOG could supply the prices for
a full set of tech notes, and a years subscription to develop.
--
Matthew T. Russotto	russotto@eng.umd.edu	russotto@wam.umd.edu
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