Russell Coker wrote in a message to Andrew Clegg:

AC>Ah. In that case I probably am confusing the two... Do you 
AC>have to already be a commercial/shareware developer before 
AC>joinging the DAP? I am starting a college project soon 

 RC>    No.

DAP is divided into two parts: people who write software for sale, and
people who write software for in-house use.

AC>under OS/2, my first major OS/2 program, and I could do 
AC>with all the help I can get.

 RC>    Anyone who pays the money gets membership to DAP.  When I
 RC> first joined DAP I paid my money and put in student for my
 RC> job position.  IBM didn't have a problem with that.

DAP is free.  If you want to subscribe to the DevCon, that costs money. 
You are not actually required to be a member of DAP to get DevCon, although
it sometimes results in a discount.
 
-- Mike


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