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From: Chris.Parson@f54.n382.z1.FIDONET.ORG (Chris Parson)
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Subject: Re: HyperHell
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Date: 1 Oct 90 11:52:14 GMT
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        Bill promised to support HyperCard for two years after it's
release, and won some sort of an agreement that it would be FREE.
However, Bill seems to have finally gone on to other things ( with Andy
Hertzfeld ), so I guess the agreement has expired?
        In any case, Apple seems to have decided to "commercialize"
HyperCard, which I really don't feel is a bad idea.  After all, HC has
considerable and growing competition from several other commercial
products.  How much resources would Apple commit to a product that
generates NO REVENUE?  I don't know one person who bought a Mac
specifically because it comes with HC.  I hope this move will give us an
ever more powerful HC, and I don't mind spending a few bucks to get it.
Apple seems committed to continuing to distribute a "run time" version
with Macs, so EVERYONE will still be able to run stacks.

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