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From: zebolskyd@byuvax.bitnet
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac
Subject: Re: Apple's APDA: G'bye Amateurs & Fans
Message-ID: <391zebolskyd@byuvax.bitnet>
Date: 4 Feb 89 06:24:56 GMT
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I think the price jump that shocked me the most was the jump in the
price for Macsbug:12.50 -> $30! And ResEdit doubled to $20.
APDA was making money before, so it's not as if Apple had to raise prices
to break even. If they had to raise prices for APDA to make THEM money,
they should have left APDA alone.

But I think the most horrible thing they have done is to kill the Certified
Developer's program (free) and replace it with the Apple Partners program
($600 - SIX HUNDRED BUCKS - per year). Perhaps they are trying to snuff
small developers and potential ones.

Everybody write polite letters to Sue Espinosa telling her just how
popular Apple's new prices and policies are.

--Lyle D. Gunderson

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