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From: cswarren@gershwin.berkeley.edu (Warren Gish)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.programmer
Subject: Apple Partner vs. Associate status revisited
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Date: 19 May 89 17:40:52 GMT
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In the aftermath of last week's Mac developers conference, would
anyone like to comment on any apparent differences in support
provided to Apple Partners vs. Apple Associates?

o  Were all Associates invited to the conference?

o  Did Associates receive the same pre-release 7.0 software and
   documentation as Partners?

o  Did Associates receive Phil & Dave's Excellent CD?

o  Will Associates be receiving the one-time-only discount coupon for an
   Apple CD ROM drive?


I must admit that I was very critical of Apple's new policy of making
developers pay to help Apple sell computers.  I can only guess from
what's come over the net that the answers to all of the above questions
are "yes", in which case the $350 annual fee for Associate status
seems pretty reasonable.  But $350 still is a lot to me right now,
so I need straight forward answers to those questions.

I will summarize to the net if appropriate.

Warren Gish
University of California
Berkeley, CA 94720
(415) 643-9219
cswarren@violet.berkeley.edu
cswarren@ucbviole.bitnet