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From: ollef@sics.se (Olle Furberg)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.hypercard
Subject: Re: HyperCard 2.0 (press release)
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Date: 26 Sep 90 12:22:31 GMT
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In <gayecmC00UzxI3o45p@andrew.cmu.edu> tv0c+@andrew.cmu.edu (Thomas Edward Van Lenten) writes:


>as a result of the handing over of HyperCard we may see the program grow
>just like MacWrite did.  (After all, MacWrite II is a huge step ahead of
>MacWrite)

On the other hand, MacWrite II is not every mans property as MacWrite was
when it was shipped with every Mac. Still the old MacWrite format is the
lowest common divisor for exchanging formatted text on the Mac.

Degrading the "free" HC to a runtime version could make the old HC-format to
the lowest common divisor for HC-stacks changeable by the user.