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From: macman@wpi.wpi.edu (Chris Silverberg)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.misc,comp.sys.mac.hypercard
Subject: Re: HyperCard 2.0 online
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Date: 13 Jul 90 02:51:49 GMT
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Reply-To: macman@wpi.wpi.edu (Chris Silverberg)
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 > "We do license certain products to BBSes. However, a decision was
 > made by the product manager not to license Hypercard to BBSes,"
 > McCaffrey tells Newsbytes. "This was not a legal but a business
 > decision.

This is probably due to the latest thinking that Hypercard 2.0 MAY become
a Claris product, and therefore be able to more effectively complete
with SuperCard. With that reasoning, that would put Hypercard into a
commercial category.... just thoughts...

 
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