Developers of Macintosh based computers can now breathe a sigh of relief as the Mac Developer Program now costs $99/year. This matches the current price of the iPhone developer program as well.
There are currently three tiers in the Mac Developer Program which is the Standard, Select and Premier each at a different price. The Standard membership costs the cheapest at $99/year while Select membership costs $499. Premier membership on the other hand costs a whopping $3499.
Prospective developers have a chance to check out the Xcode tools for free. However, they are ineligible for the pre-release software as well as technical support.
On other news regarding Apple, the company decided to sue various companies such as HTC and Nokia for patent infringement. The infringement includes more than 20 different patents secured by Apple for its bestselling product, the iPhone.
However, there are rumors that Kodak will soon sue the company behind the iPhone for stealing some of their technologies for the production of some of Apple’s products.