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From: jkc@Apple.COM (John Kevin Calhoun)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.hypercard
Subject: Re: Claris Press Release 11/19
Message-ID: <46893@apple.Apple.COM>
Date: 28 Nov 90 06:18:40 GMT
References: <1990Nov27.010702.8472@midway.uchicago.edu>
Organization: Apple Computer Inc., Cupertino, CA
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In article <1990Nov27.010702.8472@midway.uchicago.edu>
gft_robert@gsbacd.uchicago.edu writes:

>I guess basically what I'm saying is: 1)Is there stuff in the developers
>version that a developer really needs to have, and 2) if not, is there any
>reason to buy it over the upgrade (e.g. great docs, etc).?


I passed your question along to Mary Bushnell, the HyperCard Product Specialist
at Claris, and she said:

"You're a licensed user of HyperCard 1.x.  If you want to do development with
HyperCard 2.0, all you need to do is to purchase the upgrade package for $49.

"The Development Kit is everything that a new user of HyperCard needs to learn
stackware development.  It includes the following manuals that aren't part of
the upgrade package: Getting Started With HyperCard, The HyperCard Reference
Guide, and Beginners' Guide to Scripting.  Because you're already a proficient
HyperCard developer, you probably won't require this additional material.

"The Development Kit is the complete HyperCard 2.0 product.  The upgrade,
in essence, is the differential between the complete HyperCard 1.x product
and the Development Kit."

Hope this helps.

Kevin Calhoun
HyperCard Team
Apple Computer, Inc.

P.S. Mary also says that the U. of Chicago has a great anthropology
department.