Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!rpi!zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu!pacific.mps.ohio-state.edu!linac!convex!ewright From: ewright@convex.com (Edward V. Wright) Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.programmer Subject: Re: We need a student developer program Message-ID: Date: 2 May 91 15:46:24 GMT References: <1164@ub.d.umn.edu> <102@eclectic.COM> <6618@cactus.org> <13245@goofy.Apple.COM> Sender: usenet@convex.com (news access account) Distribution: usa Organization: Convex Computer Corporation, Richardson, Tx. Lines: 24 Nntp-Posting-Host: 130.168.75.3 In <13245@goofy.Apple.COM> lsr@Apple.com (Larry Rosenstein) writes: >According to the >latest Apple Direct, the Associates program (which is $350/year) has been >changed to be the mainstream developer support program.... To some extent, >APDA is a student developer program. It provides access to much of the same >technical information that Partners/Associates get. Much, but not all. At the moment, the only way to get Inside Macintosh Vol VI -- the only source for System 7 programming -- is to join one of the developers' programs. APDA says that IM VI will not be available through them until "sometime this summer." This is unfortunate because beta editions hae been available to registered developers for over a year. With System 7 final being released in about a week, unregistered developers will finally be able to get their hands on it; but to do anything with it, they need IM VI. Right now, I can buy a 105M external hard drive for $399. Or I can join the Associate's Program for roughly the same price. Which is more valuable to me as a developer? It's unfortunate that I have to make a choice. Even though I'm not a student, I think $350 is a bit steep to get my hands on one book. (Yes, I know I'd get a lot more than IM VI by joining the Associates' program. But nothing I can't live without at the present time.)