[tylrdotorg]

If you spent 1% of the time you did writing this article researching your misguided accusations you would realize that xcode 4 is free and downloadable for registered (free to register) Apple Developers.

Exactly like most Apple tools. It's frustrating seeing all these people accusing apple of charging for XCode when it's really no different than before.

[psi]

This doesn't actually seem to be the case. I just logged in to my (free) Apple Developer account and got the following message:

-- You must be an iOS or Mac Developer Program member to download Xcode 4 or you can purchase Xcode 4 from the Mac App Store. --

According to http://developer.apple.com/programs/ both the iOS and Mac Developer programs are $99 per year.

[inarru]

If you spent 1% of the time you did writing this comment researching your misguided accusations you would realize that xcode 4 isn't free and downloadable for registered (free to register) Apple Developers.

[teilo]

And you tried logging in with a free account and getting it? Didn't think so, because if you had, you would have kept quiet.