Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!cs.utexas.edu!tut.cis.ohio-state.edu!rutgers!aramis.rutgers.edu!topaz.rutgers.edu!dhsieh From: dhsieh@topaz.rutgers.edu (David Shea) Newsgroups: comp.sys.apple2 Subject: Re: An open letter to all Apple II lovers/Apple Bashers Summary: nonsense about Hypercard Keywords: Macintosh, Apple, Hypercard, nonesense Message-ID: Date: 3 May 90 05:26:38 GMT References: <9005020758.AA27657@apple.com> <12768@smoke.BRL.MIL> <90122.193817WPW100@psuvm.psu.edu> Reply-To: dhsieh@topaz.rutgers.edu (David Shea) Organization: Rutgers University, College of Engineering. Lines: 42 In article <90122.193817WPW100@psuvm.psu.edu> WPW100@psuvm.psu.edu (Will Wong) writes: >>In article <9005020758.AA27657@apple.com> VS83F8@UMKCVAX3.BITNET writes: >> ... I've seen grown men/women spend hours programming >> supurb,complex applications in hypercard --> these are people >> who would never ever touch a computer before. The mac is the >> most extensible machine on the market. Please read extensible >> as flexible as hackable. > >Funny, I've seen people spending weeks reentering data for a >hypercard stack into dBase on a PC after having hypercard >crash several times and losing their data several times. What in the world are you talking about? When Hypercard crashes, a Hypercard stack does not loose it's data. >(apparently, hypercard isn't very careful about opening and closing >files) OPENING and CLOSING files? Every bit of data which is entered into a Hypercard stack is saved almost instantly! >Needless to say, they gave up on hypercard rather quickly... I wouldn't blame 'em if what you described is really what happened. >The mac is one of the more unstable machines on the market. I am both an experienced Apple II user as well as an experienced Mac user. I have deep rooted feelings for both the Apple II and the Mac. But speaking from experience, a Macintosh system, if it is set up correctly, *never* crashes. Please restrain from commenting on a subject which you obviously have little experience. David Shea ********************************************************************** * * * * 1-> dhsieh@topaz.rutgers.edu * Why not * * 2-> hsieh@pisces.rutgers.edu * have the best * * 3-> dhsieh@euler.rutgers.edu * of both worlds? * * 4-> don't bother * * * * (If you can afford it) :) * **********************************************************************