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From: keith@Apple.COM (Keith Rollin)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.programmer
Subject: Re: Developer Program Discontinued?
Message-ID: <54243@apple.Apple.COM>
Date: 21 Jun 91 22:26:34 GMT
References: <11397@bunny.GTE.COM>
Organization: Apple Computer Inc., Cupertino, CA
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In article <11397@bunny.GTE.COM> CAH0@bunny.gte.com (Chuck Hoffman) writes:
>Does anyone have any information on the discontinuing of the
>Developer Program from Apple?  Our company has a Developer
>license, and recently received notice that the program would
>be allowed to expire.  Is this different from the info about
>the "Associates" program posted recently by Brian Bechtel
>(blob@apple.com)?
>
>Does that discontinuing only apply to corporations?
>
>Will the "Partners" program continue?
>
>What's in the future for APDA?


Why are you asking here? Isn't that like going to your Math professor
and asking an English question? Call the Developer Hotline and ask
what's up.

For what it's worth, here's my guess as to what's going on. Brian will
probably correct me later:

With the growing number of developers for the Mac and with the
expanded capabilities of System 7.0, much stress is being put on
Developer Technical Support. To alleviate that problem, and to still
try to help as many developers as possible, more emphasis is being put
on the Apple Associates program (which doesn't allow DTS access) and
less on the Apple Partners program (which does).  To make the
Associates program more attractive, it now offers everything the
Partners program does except for DTS access, without any change to the
price. My guess is that the letter you recieved is informing you that
you are being moved from the Partners program to the Associates
program.

APDA is a completely separate issue, and is not affected by any of this.


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