Path: utzoo!utgpu!jarvis.csri.toronto.edu!mailrus!ames!haven!uvaarpa!hudson!biochsn!wrp From: wrp@biochsn.acc.virginia.edu (William R. Pearson) Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac Subject: Re: Apple's APDA: G'bye Amateurs & Fans Message-ID: <1058@hudson.acc.virginia.edu> Date: 1 Feb 89 17:46:23 GMT References: Sender: news@hudson.acc.virginia.edu Reply-To: wrp@biochsn.acc.Virginia.EDU (William R. Pearson) Organization: University of Virginia, Charlottesville Lines: 27 In article aa0s+@andrew.cmu.edu (Adel Talaat Assaad) writes: >Hi, > ]I just received the first APDAlog from the "NEW & AMENDED" APDA run by ]Apple, and boy did I dislike what I saw. They charge membership, and THEN ]charge RETAIL for everything. Some prices went up 125% (TechNotes) and ]the shipping and handling charge makes it sound like you should have ]D. Trump's fortune to deal with them. ] I was also very impressed by the new APDA prices (LIST or greater). I noticed that the new APDA wants $175 for the Lightspeed 'C' compiler, while the old APDA (TechAlliance) wants $120. I joined APDA for the discounts, as much as anything, and Apple is not providing them. I guess it's time to send a check to Techalliance. Since I have their blurb in front of me, the address is: TechAlliance 290 SW 43rd St. Renton, WA 98055 If you are not already an APDA member, it looks like membership is $26.00/year. If you are an APDA member, you probably know more than I do. Bill Pearson