davidli@simvax.labmed.umn.edu (05/31/91)
For all of those out there who appear to believe that the grass is greener in other computer pastures for small developers, I refer them to the July 1991 issue of Macworld, wherein Steven Levy writes an article titled "The Rime of the Ancient Marketer: a cautionary tale for little guys in the Mac marketplace". Several quotes of interest: "I don't know if any small companies will be around soon," he told me. "Nine companies sell over 90 percent of the software, and over a hundred are fighting for the rest." "But not everything was rosy. Apple had just instituted a policy that required developers to pay $750 for the privilege of being authorized to write the software that would support the Mac." Caveat emptor. -- David Paschall-Zimbel davidli@simvax.labmed.umn.edu