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From: a544@mindlink.UUCP (Rick McCormack)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.hypercard
Subject: Re: Claris just doesn't get it
Message-ID: <3341@mindlink.UUCP>
Date: 28 Sep 90 18:42:52 GMT
Organization: MIND LINK! - British Columbia, Canada
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Whoa.  Claris didn't sneak HyperCard 2.0 out of Apple headquarters in the dead
of night.  Apple asked Claris to handle the distribution.  I put my money on
Apple as the ones who have lost the vision of a program so neat that thousands
of talented people would write and distribute freely some of the best
programming available today - Xcmds and Xfcns!

I classify the confusion surrounding HC 2.0's release under the old heading
"POISONING THE WELL," since, no matter what the outcome of this sorry affair,
many  people will never hear the end of the story.  They will be left with the
impression that Apple has "taken away" something from us.  Too bad -- sorry
Apple, you failed your marketing 101!