Andrew Clegg wrote in a message to Andrew Grillet:

 AG> I thought you were a DAP member?

 AC> Actualy I'm not, I'm in the process of deciding whether it
 AC> would be worthwhile. It would be very nice but I'm not sure
 AC> I can afford it, I don't suppose anyone happens to know if
 AC> there is a student rate?

At least in the U.S., OS/2 DAP itself is free.  DevCon has charges.

Note that some other IBM DAP programs have charges.  For example, the APPC
DAP costs about $200 annually -- although, for APPC, IBM should pay us.

 AC> Anyway I agree completely that there should be a freely
 AC> distributable API doc, if IBM had something like that more
 AC> and more people would be encouraged to become OS/2
 AC> programmers.

If the OS/2 API were freely distributable, another operating system vendor
would be free to clone it.  IBM is still subject to the 1956 consent decree
which required the licensing of technology on certain terms, and the
company lawyers still take that into account.
 
-- Mike


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