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From: jdevoto@Apple.COM (Jeanne A. E. DeVoto)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.hypercard
Subject: Re: HyperCard 2.0 (press release)
Summary: hold your fire, cap'n...
Message-ID: <45008@apple.Apple.COM>
Date: 21 Sep 90 06:15:27 GMT
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In article <44996@apple.Apple.COM> chuq@Apple.COM (The Wandering Phew) writes:
>Well, yet another Net.Expert goes off half-cocked based on incomplete
>information and a can't-wait-to-bash-Apple attitude. Feh
>
>Shame on you. What the facts are is that there is *one* hypercard. The
>difference in the versions is that on some of the lower end products, the
>ability to get out of browsing mode will be hidden. Not gone, hidden -- to
>protect someone who hasn't figured things out yet won't get themselves in
>deep trouble. Some of the authoring stacks -- the Ideas stuff -- won't be
>included as well (but are generally available if you decide you want them).
>
>Yet another mindless flame. I guess if people can't find legitimate reasons
>to flame us, they'll go make them up from hearsay. Next thing you know,
>National Enquirer will start their own Macintosh section.
>
>I don't know why I bother. People are so happy to be judge and jury around
>here. Sorry to throw a few facts on the fire.

Whoah, Chuq. I have no doubt that you know what you're talking about, but

>> A complete HyperCard 2.0 authoring system, necessary for
>> developing stacks, will be sold by Claris.

this excerpt from the press release indicates pretty clearly that purchase
of a package from Claris will be necessary for those wishing to do stack
development. Maybe the press release was worded clumsily. But it's
not at all unreasonable to draw from it the conclusion that Apple will
no longer be bundling an application capable of creating and modifying
HyperCard stacks.

Now, that may not turn out to be true when all the facts are in. But it's
not "hearsay", it's not mindless, and it doesn't deserve getting out the
oxy-acetylene torch for.
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