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From: jon@gara.une.oz.au (Jonathan Burne CCEN)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.hypercard
Subject: Re: HyperCard 2.0
Keywords: System software, Hypercard
Message-ID: <3633@gara.une.oz.au>
Date: 11 Sep 90 04:16:21 GMT
References: <378@irst.UUCP> <44630@apple.Apple.COM>
Organization: Uni of New England, Armidale, Australia
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In article <44630@apple.Apple.COM>, jkc@Apple.COM (John Kevin Calhoun) writes:
> 
> The decision has been made here not to make HyperCard 2.0 available via
> ftp.  Neither will it be available for downloading on any of the commercial
> online services.
> 
	I am disappointed at this decision but I can see some reasons for it.
Apple is now a very big company and HyperCard is an important product. There
must be enormous pressure within Apple to distribute HC 2 in the conventional
manner, ie: disks and manual at a price through the dealer network. I also
believe that the average HyperCard scriptor will need a new manual to cover
the changes in HC 2.

	It would have been great to see HC 2 available to FTP :-(

						Jonathan Burne
						Mac Support
						Computer Centre
						University of New England
						Armidale 2351
						Australia