Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!cs.utexas.edu!usc!ucsd!ucbvax!agate!linus!linus!emery From: emery@linus.mitre.org (David Emery) Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.hypercard Subject: Re: HyperCard 2.0 (press release) Message-ID: Date: 20 Sep 90 19:31:21 GMT References: <44987@apple.Apple.COM> Sender: usenet@linus.mitre.org Organization: The Mitre Corporation, Bedford, MA Lines: 23 In-reply-to: jkc@apple.com's message of 20 Sep 90 17:45:53 GMT Well, the great experiment is over, and we lose. From the Press Release: > A version of HyperCard 2.0, which will run existing HyperCard stacks and >new HyperCard 2.0 stacks, will continue to be shipped with every Macintosh >computer. > A complete HyperCard 2.0 authoring system, necessary for developing >stacks, will be sold by Claris. The original notion of HyperCard was "a tool for the rest of us", with everything included with the Mac. Now it's "a reader for the rest of us", with "money to Claris to do any development", thus negating the whole idea of an infinitely-modifiable authoring system for every Mac user. It was interesting while it lasted. I think I'll wait for a GNU version of Hyper-, which will really live up to the promise of HyperCard as a real authoring system "for the rest of us". Shame on you, Apple!! dave emery emery@aries.mitre.org