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From: rieman@boulder.Colorado.EDU (John Rieman)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.hypercard
Subject: Re: HyperCard 2.0
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Date: 20 Nov 89 18:10:58 GMT
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In article <31728@watmath.waterloo.edu> gjditchfield@watmsg.waterloo.edu (Glen Ditchfield) writes:
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>HyperCard 2.0 is a myth, a mirage.  
...
>   Why should Apple bother creating HyperCard 2.0?  They give HyperCard
>away;  a new release wouldn't sell that many more Macs.

Apple gives away the system and finder too, but they keep revising it.
And supplying a more powerful Hypercard -- say, one supporting color
or multiple windows -- could certainly help Apple's hardware sales by
encouraging the purchase of better monitors, more memory, and faster
CPUs.

(Hello?  Hello?  Is anyone at Apple listening?)

-john