On Mar 5, 2010, at 3:20 AM, Xeric Design wrote: >>> A $99 Mac Developer license means the barrier to Mac development is >>> lowered... >> >> Wow, that's a pretty ignorant comment. I mean really. The current entry >> price is $0. So based on that alone, I'm not willing to give the article any >> credit for insight ;-) >> >> I just poked around a bit, and it does seem that the $99 will get you >> pre-release seeds and DTS incidents, so it is a good entry-level deal. The >> free level still exists for sure. >> >> It's not clear what's happening to select & premier--but I wouldn't be >> surprised if they go away, simply because Apple could eliminate the >> administration of the hardware purchase program, and if you need more DTS >> incidents, well, you can just buy them...
Apple informed me that my option for renewing my Select membership was the $99 Mac Developer Program. > > That's a real drag - the Hardware Purchase Program was certainly a good > thing. The Software Seeding was the valuable part for me; getting access to the _release_ versions of all the OSs including OS X Server was worth the $500. Does the new $99 Mac Developer Program include access to the release versions as well as the prerelease seeds? Best regards, -Steve -- Steve Byan <[email protected]> Littleton, MA 01460
