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From: holland@m2.csc.ti.com (Fred Hollander)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.programmer
Subject: Re: Was there a fee for Certified Developers?
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Date: 26 Jan 89 19:38:51 GMT
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In article <362breek@byuvax.bitnet> breek@byuvax.bitnet writes:
>I would just like to know if there was a fee involved with being an Apple
>Certified Developer, a now non-existant catagory. I have a partly-filled-out
...
>after telling you all the good news, they mention on the next page that it
>will cost SIX HUNDRED DOLLARS A YEAR! They also have a watered-down version
>for in-house programmers and such for a mere $350/year. Either I almost made

One of the points they used to push to encourage developers to become
certified is that it doesn't cost anything.  Pure benefit:  marketing info,
developer tech support, developer prices, product announcements, system
software upgrades,... - all free for serious developers.  I guess Apple has
been overwhelmed with the number of "serious" developers just after low prices
that they felt they needed to discourage people with an exhorbitant yearly
fee.  Personally, I think they will be very successful.  But, I think a more 
judicious review of applications would be more effective for weeding out
the "discount-seekers" based on intent rather than money.  Even with the
developer prices, it's still a hefty investment to start developing for the
Macintosh.  Adding another $600/year will only help to steer people away.
At worst, a one time application fee or initiation fee should sufficient to
catch those just after discount prices.  I sure hope they reconsider this new
policy based on the reaction of their current (and potential) developers.

Fred Hollander
Computer Science Center
Texas Instruments, Inc.
holland%ti-csl@csnet-rela

The above statements are my own and not representative of Texas Instruments.