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Newsgroups: comp.sys.atari.st
Subject: Re: Becoming an Official Atari Developer!
Keywords: Atari Corp, ST
Message-ID: <1990Feb15.161533.13008@irscscm>
Date: 15 Feb 90 16:15:33 GMT
References: <489b42d9.14a1f@force.UUCP>
Reply-To: mlake@irscscm.UUCP (Marshall Lake)
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In article <489b42d9.14a1f@force.UUCP> covertr@force.UUCP (Richard E. Covert) writes:
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>The Developer MUST be developing a COMMERICAL product for the ST. The
>Developer MUST submit 3 copies of said product to Atari Corp. the Developer MUST
>re-register annually.

I think those 3 MUSTs are both to the developer's and Atari's
advantage.

> The packet I received said a LOT about what the Developer
>must do, but very little about what the Developer receives for his $250.00.
>
>Basically, all the Developer gets for his $250.00 is some mailing lists from
>Atari Corp. And the option of having his products (demos thereof) being distributed
>by Atari Corp to all Atari dealers.
>

Having a mailing list of all Atari ST registered buyers and all
authorized Atari dealers can be a great thing to have for a developer.
And having a demo distributed to dealers sounds like good marketing to
me.

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>And it doesn't even include the MWC C compiler. It contains the OLD OLD Alycon
>C compiler, which I have heard is VERY VERY bad.
>

Alycon C isn't VERY VERY bad.  It's just not as good as MWC.

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>don't want the Alycon compiler, and I don't like the $250.00 price tag. I do some part
>time C programming at home, and don't plan to market a commerical product. So, where
>does that leave me?? Out in the cold I believe.
>

It depends on how one looks at it.  I see you as an Atari customer rather
than a developer.

>I wish that Atari Corp would try to help their customers more, and this new DEvelopers
>program is not a good way to start a new decade.
>

It's a developer's program, not a customer's program.

Marshall Lake
mlake@irscscm.UUCP