Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!cs.utexas.edu!swrinde!zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu!pacific.mps.ohio-state.edu!linac!midway!news From: gft_robert@gsbacd.uchicago.edu Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.misc Subject: Re: The New Macs: Greedy Compromises? Message-ID: <1990Dec10.024416.11519@midway.uchicago.edu> Date: 10 Dec 90 02:39:30 GMT Sender: news@midway.uchicago.edu (News Administrator) Organization: University of Chicago Graduate School of Business Lines: 40 ------ In article , declan@remus.rutgers.edu (Declan McCullagh/LZ) writes... >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. Your point being? How many real commercial developers does Apple have to support compared to the number Next has to support? And how many non-commercial developers does Apple need to support compared to Next? If the ratio were as small as 20 to 1 I would be suprised. The point being: Apple cannot afford to support all developers directly thru DTS; those who are in the "upper echelon" can almost certainly afford the developers fees. Those who aren't in the upper echelon can avail themselves of fairly inexpensive alternatives such as apple.com (free technotes, stacks, etc), d e v e l o p magazine (with free CD ROM disk inside containing HUGE amounts of development materials/info), etc. And APDA, while charging a lot, is not all THAT expensive. I would bet that if Next ever reaches Apple's size -- an event which would suprise me greatly -- they too will charge to be a developer. Robert ============================================================================ = gft_robert@gsbacd.uchicago.edu * generic disclaimer: * "It's more fun to = = * all my opinions are * compute" = = * mine * -Kraftwerk = ============================================================================