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From: chuq@Apple.COM (The Wandering Phew)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.hypercard
Subject: Re: HyperCard Authoring...The Brouhaha
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Date: 22 Sep 90 20:56:51 GMT
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dlw@Atherton.COM (David Williams) writes:

>1) As quoted in Danny Goodman's Book Bill Atkinson said that if Apple EVER 
>   stopped shipping HyperCard for free he could do so himself.
>   a) Did this cover all versions of HyperCard say 2.x and beyond?
>   b) By shipping HyperCard 2.0 with scripting hidden does Apple keep to the
>      spirit of whatever agreement was made with Mr. A?

I would say b). I have no idea about a)

>2) Sounds like we get HC 2.0 with full execution functionality but with
>   scripting hidden. Analogy, this sounds like shipping MacWrite II, but 
>   with only a teachtext interface as default

No, I think a better analogy is microsoft word, which comes with "short
menus" as the default. When you want more power, you simply turn on the full
menus option.

>3) Course this could be implemented by Claris in many ways:

How about e) it's just turned off until you decide to turn it on.

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