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From: schorsch@oxy.edu (Brent Schorsch)
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Subject: Re: BOOKS
Keywords: Student Developer
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Date: 9 Apr 91 02:58:46 GMT
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In article <1991Apr6.063131.3616@colorado.edu> wilde@tigger.Colorado.EDU (Nick
Wilde) writes:
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>In musing about this, it struck me that there's one class of users,
>exemplified by a lot of the folks right here, that Apple falls somewhat
>short of supporting well, and where Apple could stand to gain an
>awful lot by doing a better job. 
>
>I'm referring, of course, to the "student developer" - those guys 
>out there (and you know who you are) who bring us wonderful shareware 
>and freeware on a shoestring. Seems like Apple has done an awful
>lot to get the Mac into the university setting through academic 
>discounts for hardware, research grants, etc. - Wouldn't it be
>great to sponser the student hackers out there a bit ?
>
>The kind of thing I'm thinking about is akin to the ACM's "student
>membership" - for a reduced fee, and with proper documentation
>that someone is a full time student, they get, perhaps, a better line
>to new documention, reduced prices on developement tools, that sort
>of thing...

This would be great! I am a "student developer" in this sense & it is
incredibly frustrating to see all of these great development products
available, but so expensive. I Have IM, APDA membership, and MPW 3.0.. I do not
currently have the funds for an upgrade, I use ThinkC most of the time anyway. 

If there was some sort of "student developer" who would recieve registered-
developer only products and/or substantial educational discounts to apple
development software, I would be one of the first in line to get it.

Well, Apple, Are you listening? How about it?

-Brent
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