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From: mms00786@uxa.cso.uiuc.edu
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Subject: Re: Hypertext on IBM-PCs
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Date: 9 Jun 90 22:13:00 GMT
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Nf-From: uxa.cso.uiuc.edu!mms00786    Jun  9 17:13:00 1990



>One other hitch to these PC - HyperCard reading products, I 've heard
>that Apple probably won't appreciate it, since the file formats for
>HyperCard, I believe, are proprietary.  PLUS on the Mac and SuperCard are
>ok, since they help sell Macs, but on the PC, that's a no-no.

According to a book I read (Danny Goodman's book on HyperCard?), Bill Atkinson
firmly believes that the file formats etc should be public knowledge to
facilitate true exchange of knowledge minus dubious patriotism to, of all
things, a computer architecture. This is why Hypercard is *free* with every
Mac, and if Apple decides to charge you for it, I firmly believe that one is
a self addressed envelope to Bill Atkinson away from obtaining a free copy of
Hypercard.  

So if Apple doesn't like it, I have a few choice words for them.

Milan.