[Info-vax] Ask the Wizard archives?

[Dave Froble]

On 5/24/2019 2:12 PM, John H. Reinhardt wrote:
> On 5/24/2019 12:20 PM, Steven Schweda wrote:
>>> On 5/24/2019 11:20 AM, Bill Gunshannon wrote:
>>> What about Apple Developer? [...]
>>
>>     What about it?
>>
>>> [...] I am certain it was never free.
>>
>>     The OS is free.  Xcode is free.  What more do I need?
>>
>>
>>> Should have seen the MSDN fees ....
>>
>>     Similarly, the OS is approximately unavoidable, and
>> Express/Community editions of Visual Studio are free.  What
>> more do I need?
>>
>>
>>     I can't justify spending much to develop freeware.  I
>> await the VSI hobbyist program.
>>
>
> When I paid for Apple Developer (as a hobbyist) it was $99/year (early
> 2000's timeframe). IN the 90's there was MacApp framework, that cost me
> I think $199/year but I got monthly CD's of stuff. Now I think the
> hobbyist level is basically free and you just download what you need.
> Phone call support costs $$ though.
>

Yeah, they suck you in, then ask for the credit card.

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