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From: gerry@zds-ux.UUCP (Gerry Gleason)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc,alt.hypertext
Subject: Re: Hypertext on IBM-PCs
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Date: 11 Jun 90 16:10:54 GMT
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In article <3390@ssc-vax.UUCP> dano@ssc-vax.UUCP (Dan Olson) writes:
>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.

IMHO HyperCard was a great idea, but trying to keep this type of product
proprietary is not only rude, but also dooms the product to failure.  I
consider HyperCard a limited HyperText system, and the power of HyperText
systems is in the ability to exchange information objects maintained by
such a system.  Having proprietary interfaces and formats severely limits
the ultimate size of the community that can exchange data, and in any case
no one company should ever own a universal standard.  I think that people
who really want and understand the value of universal hypermedia system
also understand why it needs to be based on open standards.

Gerry Gleason