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From: @DOUGHNUT.CS.ROCHESTER.EDU:miller@CS.ROCHESTER.EDU
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.programmer
Subject: Re: Was there a fee for Certified Developers?
Message-ID: <1989Jan27.144857.1809@cs.rochester.edu>
Date: 27 Jan 89 19:48:56 GMT
Organization: U of Rochester, CS Dept, Rochester, NY
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From: Brad Miller <miller@CS.ROCHESTER.EDU>

    Date: 26 Jan 89 19:38:51 GMT
    From: holland@m2.csc.ti.com (Fred Hollander)

    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.

The question is, why should apple have to keep the prices of their hardware
artificaily high to support developers for products a particular end user
may never want or need? Seems to me this fee structure moves things in the
right direction: let those that benefit, pay. It just comes out in higher
prices for that particular *product* then, rather than a tax on all new
hardware sold. Lets face it, Mac hardware prices are quite high on a price
performance curve compared to competitors.
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Brad Miller		U. Rochester Comp Sci Dept.
miller@cs.rochester.edu {...allegra!rochester!miller}