Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!rpi!zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu!swrinde!ucsd!hub.ucsb.edu!ucsbuxa!6600dtam From: 6600dtam@ucsbuxa.ucsb.edu (DogCow) Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.programmer Subject: Re: We need a student developer program Message-ID: <11159@hub.ucsb.edu> Date: 9 May 91 18:57:50 GMT References: <1164@ub.d.umn.edu> <102@eclectic.COM> <6618@cactus.org> <13245@goofy.Apple.COM> Sender: news@hub.ucsb.edu Distribution: usa Lines: 17 In article ewright@convex.com (Edward V. Wright) writes: >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.) Thats not to mention the ~$600 you would have to spend on a CD-ROM Drive in order to read the version of IM VI you get as an Associate. IMHO--ETO would be a beter deal...at ~$1500 w/CD-ROM drive you get everything a developer could want. -- = Marc Tamsky 6600dtam@ucsbuxa.ucsb.edu 6600dtam@UCSBUXA (bitnet) =