The Apple Developer Connection (ADC) has launched a new Mac OS X 10.4 (Tiger) developer program. The Tiger Early Start Kit for Developers is priced at US$500 and includes: a year-long ADC Select membership; pre-release versions of Tiger and Xcode 2.0; exclusive access to the latest Tiger documentation; direct, one-on-one access to Tiger support engineers; special developer discount on the latest Apple hardware; Gold Master versions of Tiger and Xcode 2.0 when available; and more. Apple is also offering a free Tiger development training DVD while supplies last.