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From: jkc@apple.com (John Kevin Calhoun)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.hypercard
Subject: Clarification
Message-ID: <45212@apple.Apple.COM>
Date: 27 Sep 90 06:18:59 GMT
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Mike Holm, the HyperCard Product Manager, was the main guest in a  
conference on CompuServe tonight, which was held to give developers
a chance to ask questions about HyperCard 2.0 and about the transition
of HyperCard to Claris.

Mike said that the version of the HyperCard 2.0 application that will
be bundled with Macintosh CPUs will be the full application, identical
to the one Claris will sell as part of their standalone product.
However, this version will come with just a few stacks and minimal
documentation.

Current users of HyperCard 1.x will be able to upgrade to 2.0 for
the previously announced price of $49.  They will receive a package
that contains 4 disks and 2 manuals.  Claris is not yet taking orders
for the upgrade package.

The pricing and configuration of the full standalone product has yet
to be determined.

In sum, it appears that the ability of the bundled version of HyperCard
2.0 to alter stacks, including the editing of scripts, will not be
fully documented in the bundled manuals, but will nevertheless be
available.

Please note that this posting is not an official announcement by
Apple or by Claris.  I am merely reporting what was said tonight in
the public discussion on CompuServe, for the sole purpose of
bringing clarification to the masses before my mailbox bursts at
the seams.

I would like to thank those of you who have sent me e-mail to tell
me how useful and marvelous you have found HyperCard to be.  I hope
that, with this news, you will resolve to give HyperCard 2.0 and
Claris a chance.  Claris wants HyperCard 2.0 to succeed.  You want
HyperCard 2.0.  Sounds to me like things can be worked out.

Now, if you will please inundate me with questions about features,
rather than questions about distribution, I would be a happier man.
But hold off a little while, because I'm going out of town...

Kevin Calhoun
(Not Bill, but fit for the purpose)
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