Path: utzoo!utgpu!jarvis.csri.toronto.edu!cs.utexas.edu!uunet!mcsun!ukc!stl!kevin From: kevin@stl.stc.co.uk (Kevin Lewis) Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac Subject: Re: Hypertext/Hypermedia by J Alfred Prufrock Message-ID: <2649@stl.stc.co.uk> Date: 15 Feb 90 11:33:52 GMT References: <1748@acad.cut.oz> <3468@paperboy.OSF.ORG> <6942@netcom.UUCP> Sender: news@stl.stc.co.uk Reply-To: "Kevin Lewis" Organization: STC Technology Limited, London Road, Harlow, Essex, UK Lines: 33 In article <6942@netcom.UUCP> ric@netcom.UUCP (Richard Bretscheider) writes: > >Owl International, makers of Guide, >made Guide and Guide Envelopes for the Mac at least a year before it was >available for the PC. Guide was originally written on UNIX by Peter Brown at Kent University, Canterbury, UK. He sold the rights to Owl to produce the Mac and PC versions. Peter Brown retains the rights to the UNIX version, and is continuing development work on it. An argument which seems to be appearing is the "which is better, HyperCard or Guide?". This seems to be completely futile as they are both aimed at different areas in the hypermedia field. Guide is _much_ faster than HC. ICL, a division of STC plc, has used the UNIX Guide program to implement a help desk system. This system has been very well recieved by its many users as it is very user friendly (not programmer friendly though). The system has generated much interest throughout the company and externally, as people realise the benefits of help desk systems. Kevin Lewis Disclaimer: STC plc may not hold the same opinions as myself ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Kevin Lewis STC Technology Ltd +44 279 29531 ext 2579 London Rd, Harlow kevin@stl.stc.co.uk CM17 9NA (JANET) kevin@uk.co.stc.stl (UUCP) ...uunet!mcvax!ukc!stl!kevin ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~