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From: dan@Apple.COM (Dan Allen)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.hypercard
Subject: Re: What to do about > 32K of data?
Message-ID: <27803@apple.Apple.COM>
Date: 24 Mar 89 19:55:07 GMT
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In article <10520021@hpfcdc.HP.COM> bayes@hpfcdc.HP.COM (Scott Bayes) writes:
>Do you guys really expect to keep HyperCard viable? Or do you just want
>people to move over to SuperCard and its ilk?
>
>I can see either approach as being reasonable to you.  I can't see users
>staying with HyperCard if it won't do things they want for no other
>reasons than an ideology Apple holds on "what's right for HC."
>
>If there are technical or compatibility problems, I can buy that.  If
>you've just decided that you know what's RIGHT, forget it.  I'll use
>something else.

Thank you for your concern, and as always, I was somewhat misunderstood.
What I meant to get across is that different types of applications have
different data models and are useful for different things.  Word
processors are great for vast quantities of linear text, databases are
great for record/field stuff, etc.  HyperCard is not a word processor or
a database, although it does have elements of each of these standard
applications.  HyperCard IS a hypertext application: something new.  All
I wanted people to understand is that this model is fundamentally
different than a word processing or database model.  Therefore the data
is to be treated differently.  Now that doesn't mean we don't want to
continue to improve HyperCard in any way.  We are improving HyperCard
dramatically.  Technical problems can and are being overcome.

As far as SuperCard goes, I really have no comment since I have not even
seen it.  If SuperCard is better, then I encourage everyone to go out
and buy it and use it and dump HyperCard.  Fine.  But I understand that
although it may have the look of HyperCard, it does not have the feel or
performance.  Before everyone gives up on HyperCard, just do two things
for me: a) use SuperCard, and b) use HyperCard 2.0 when it is released
later this year.  All I ask is a fair comparison.

In the meantime, continue to send those cards and letters of suggestions
and improvements.  I think you'll like 2.0.

Dan Allen

THESE COMMENTS ARE DAN ALLEN'S PERSONAL COMMENTS AND ARE IN NO WAY 
REPRESENTATIVE OF THE OFFICIAL VIEW OF APPLE COMPUTER.