Xref: utzoo comp.sys.mac.misc:1392 comp.sys.mac.hypercard:4006 Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!cs.utexas.edu!swrinde!zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu!rpi!batcomputer!mha From: mha@batcomputer.tn.cornell.edu (Mark H. Anbinder) Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.misc,comp.sys.mac.hypercard Subject: Re: HyperCard 2.0 online Message-ID: <10548@batcomputer.tn.cornell.edu> Date: 16 Jul 90 23:56:15 GMT References: <4569.269c3bb8@vax5.cit.cornell.edu> Reply-To: mha@tcgould.tn.cornell.edu (Mark H. Anbinder) Distribution: comp Organization: Baka Computers, Inc. - Ithaca, New York Lines: 37 In article <4569.269c3bb8@vax5.cit.cornell.edu> pv9y@vax5.cit.cornell.edu writes: > >Better start calling Apple, if this article is true. ... > >My recommendation is to keep the email coming, both on the >Internet and on Applelink, and to call Apple and complain as >well. I see no reasons, business or legal, why they shouldn't >post HyperCard for FTP at least on their own system if not >others. > >HYPERCARD NOT TO BE ONLINE > >[article deleted] One reason I can think of why Apple would not want to distribute HyperCard 2.0 electronically and freely is that it is not freeware. Unless I'm mistaken (which I might be), HyperCard, and updates to HyperCard, are free ONLY to people who purchase Macs now, or who purchased Macs since HyperCard started coming with each Mac. Therefore, if you bought a Mac in 1984 or 1985 (I don't recall exactly when HyperCard arrived on the scene) your Mac did not come with HyperCard and therefore Apple does not need to provide you with a free copy. My understanding is that this is why Apple dealers sell HyperCard. Otherwise, who would buy it? I suppose you might buy the package to get the manuals, but I do get the impression that HyperCard upgrades are not free to people who don't already own it. Perhaps a disclaimer is in order... I work for an Apple dealer. And, if I'm wrong, please let me know (as if you wouldn't! :-). -- Mark H. Anbinder ************************* mha@tcgould.tn.cornell.edu BAKA Computers * ******* ...!batcomputer!memory!mha 200 Pleasant Grove Rd. H: (607) 257-3480 ****** Ithaca, NY 14850 W: (607) 257-2070 ***** Memory Alpha BBS 607-257-5822