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From: declan@remus.rutgers.edu (Declan McCullagh/LZ)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.misc
Subject: Re: The New Macs: Greedy Compromises?
Summary: Mac Developer Fees too expensive
Message-ID: <Dec.9.17.22.54.1990.13456@remus.rutgers.edu>
Date: 9 Dec 90 22:22:55 GMT
References: <47110@apple.Apple.COM> <1990Dec5.072931.4079@cs.ucla.edu> <90341.164740ACPS1072@Ryerson.CA>
Organization: Rutgers Univ., New Brunswick, N.J.
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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.
> 
> The software probably costs so much because of how much the developer has to
> pay to create the software.

While that may be a bit of an overstatement, you're on the right
track.  Apple Partner fees are $600/year and Apple Associate fees are
$350/year.  By comparison, NeXT Developer fees are $0/year.

-Declan McCullagh / Independent NeXT Developer