Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!rpi!zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu!sol.ctr.columbia.edu!emory!gatech!purdue!haven!cs.wvu.wvnet.edu!cerc.wvu.wvnet.edu!babcock.cerc.wvu.wvnet.edu From: vrm@babcock.cerc.wvu.wvnet.edu (Vasile R. Montan) Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.programmer Subject: Re: We need a student developer program Message-ID: <1612@babcock.cerc.wvu.wvnet.edu> Date: 19 Apr 91 04:16:38 GMT References: Sender: news@cerc.wvu.wvnet.edu Distribution: usa Lines: 34 From article , by francis@zaphod.uchicago.edu: > In article <1164@ub.d.umn.edu> serickso@ub.d.umn.edu (Scott L. Erickson) writes: >> In regards to the recent discussions in comp.sys.mac.programmer in support >>of a student developers program, I agree totally. > I too. > But I don't expect it'll happen: we don't have much time, so we're not > likely to come up with major products which would help Apple lots. Maybe not at the moment. But it is in Apple's long-term interest to have as many able Mac programmers as possible. A programmer in school today is a programmer in the professional world two or three years down the road. It's been my impression of Apple that the company is very supportive of education. Also, Apple tends to be more far-sighted than other computer manufacturers. For these reasons, it would not surprise me to see Apple start such a program. Besides, I don't doubt that Apple realizes that any company that supports younger people will tend to have their loyalty once those people are professionals. As an adolescent I was once thrown out of a Radio Shack for programming one of the computers-- wait and see how many computers I ever buy from them!!! Harumpf. --Kurisuto un020070@vaxa.wvnet.edu P.S. The local Apple dealer, incidentally, let me program in their store. My 14th birthday cake was in the shape of an Apple logo; I have a homemade Christmas ornament in the same design. Supporting your customers always pays off in the long run. (I've talked several fellow grad students into buying Macs.)