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From: jabernathy@pro-houston.cts.com (Joe Abernathy)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.apple
Subject: Re: Hypercard GS (was Re: IIGS rumors from MacWeek)
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Date: 11 Nov 89 09:20:46 GMT
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In-Reply-To: message from jm7e+@andrew.cmu.edu

> I hope that if this GS Hypercard thing is true, they get help from Roger
> Wagner, as his HyperStudio is too nice a package.

Yes, HyperStudio is nice, and Roger Wagner himself is terrific.

But HyperStudio IS NOT Hypercard, and we would have had HyperCard a year ago,
according to my sources, if Apple had not agreed to give RW some breathing
room to make a profit from his product, which happened along at a critical
moment.

Personally, I've had good software buried before by announcements of similar
p[roducts by megacompanies, and so I don't have a lot of sympathy for Roger
Wagner. If his company had a product as good as or better than Hypercard, it
should not be afraid to compete in the open market. Otherwise, it would seem
that federal antitrust laws have been violated. As have we.

Joe Abernathy


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