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From: jgsmith@watson.bcm.tmc.edu (James G. Smith)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.hypercard
Subject: Re: HyperCard 2.0
Summary: Our deepest regrets and sympathy to the engineers
Keywords: System software, Hypercard
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Date: 26 Sep 90 17:54:13 GMT
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I just wanted to express my sympathy to the HyperCard engineers.  I can just
imagine them working feverishly on this project for a year or more, and then
when release time comes near and the bugs crop up they have to throw in that
last 10% (to make 110%) while listening to us wimper (because we want it
SOOOOO bad).  I can imagine the sweat, but also the commaraderie (sp?) of being
on a team which is producing something not only of special quality, but of
unique vision: development software for the user, for everyone who recognizes
the iportance of this development (some, alas, don't know what they have.)

And then, in their moment of triumph, in anticipation of the chorus of cheers
(I've seen what the books say 2.0 will do, but I don't cheer until I see it
on my own computer) the powers on high sweep their child off to join the
morass of other software lost in corporate development.  How it must hurt to
see those cheers choke in our throats

Where is the vision that was Apple?

*
(Couldn't they just have released 2.0 and then said further development will
be done by Claris?)