<HTML><BODY style="word-wrap: break-word; -khtml-nbsp-mode: space; -khtml-line-break: after-white-space; ">Ok, you have a point. However, I would argue that Microsoft might have a bit more leverage to charge their developers for dev tools. But whatever, I'm just saying that it seems like with some crazy things going on with Apple - OS X transition, now instruction set transition, plus miniscule market share makes me think that you'd want to make it more attractive to developers like Omni, etc., rather than charging them. But that appears to be just me.<DIV><BR class="khtml-block-placeholder"></DIV><DIV>I fully understand that commercial software development is not a hobby. </DIV><DIV><BR class="khtml-block-placeholder"></DIV><DIV>--alan</DIV><DIV><BR><DIV><DIV>On Jun 7, 2005, at 2:54 PM, Jesse Brown wrote:</DIV><BR class="Apple-interchange-newline"><BLOCKQUOTE type="cite"><P style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px"><FONT face="Helvetica" size="3" style="font: 12.0px Helvetica">You should probably check out the cost of Microsoft's development tools.</FONT></P> <P style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px"><FONT face="Helvetica" size="3" style="font: 12.0px Helvetica">They aren't free, ranging in cost from 199 - to over $2500.</FONT></P> <P style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px Helvetica; min-height: 14.0px"><BR></P> <P style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px"><FONT face="Helvetica" size="3" style="font: 12.0px Helvetica">If you want free tools go the linux route and use Sourceforge. Of course</FONT></P> <P style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px"><FONT face="Helvetica" size="3" style="font: 12.0px Helvetica">don't be expecting to make any money with your resulting products.</FONT></P> <P style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px Helvetica; min-height: 14.0px"><BR></P> <P style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px"><FONT face="Helvetica" size="3" style="font: 12.0px Helvetica">Mac and Windows developers will pay for the developer tools because they</FONT></P> <P style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px"><FONT face="Helvetica" size="3" style="font: 12.0px Helvetica">expect to make money off of the resultant product. Development is not a</FONT></P> <P style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px"><FONT face="Helvetica" size="3" style="font: 12.0px Helvetica">hobby.</FONT></P> <BR class="Apple-interchange-newline"></BLOCKQUOTE></DIV><BR></DIV></BODY></HTML>