[Info-vax] HP wins Oracle Itanium case

[Paul Sture]

On Tue, 21 Aug 2012 11:04:07 -0400, Stephen Hoffman wrote:

> On 2012-08-21 14:38:34 +0000, Paul Sture said:
> 
>> (I have a feeling the latest version of XCode costs, but it's a nominal
>> amount, not hundreds of bucks).
> 
> Xcode 4.4.1 (current) is free.
> <http://itunes.apple.com/us/app/xcode/id497799835?mt=12>

Thanks for the correction.  Xcode 4.0 was $4.99 for just a few months, 
for folks not subscribed to the $99 per year version of the Developer 
program.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Xcode#4.x_series

An interesting comment here:

http://www.james-vandyne.com/thoughts-on-xcode-4-price/

"With the release of Xcode 4 came a completely unknown feature, even for 
developers like myself: a price tag. This is the first time that Xcode 
has ever had a price. Since the release of OS X, Xcode (and its 
predecessor Project Builder) have been available free of charge.

At the time, having a full, professional grade IDE available for free was 
mostly unheard of. Compared with Visual Studio, who’s minimum entrance 
fee was in the range of $1000. Students, of course, got a discount. Since 
then having a free IDE on your platform has become the norm. If this is 
because of Xcode or not, I am not sure."

To what extent Xcode being free drove the prices down for other IDEs I am 
not sure, but for long enough adding that factor into Windows / Apple 
price comparisons brought Apple's offering out as far cheaper for anyone 
requiring a development environment.

-- 
Paul Sture