>In the aftermath of MacWorld, iHUG will initiate a campaign requesting that
>HyperCard be carbonized. They will be enlisting the effort of everyone who
>left their name & address at the booth as well as the Internet HC community.
That's a good idea for iHUG.
>I was told Apple MIGHT help a group such as FreeCard (formally or behind
>the scenes), if HC is not carbonized and they don't take it open-source.
Does that mean "some group that is creating a HyperCard clone" or
"some open-source effort to create a new HyperCard" ?
>I
>left copies of the questions you passed on to me to one of the persons I
>spoke to. He did not say whether he would/could provide answers; but
>didn't rule it out...although (sorry Uli) I was told the data structure is
>propriatary.
I thought so, too. I think Apple *did* license the file format a
while ago (HyperDA or whatever the product was called), but that
would cost, and I doubt they'd let us incorporate it into an open
source product. However, I'm still hoping that they'd maybe let
someone at Apple write a FreeWare program that saves a HyperCard
stack to the FreeCard file format ... oh yes, I can keep dreaming,
can I?
>I came away feeling the best stratedgy is to continue on as we are going
>while the effort to carbonize HC plays out. If and when we find out Apple
>will not carbonize HC, we can make contact with Apple and try to get them
>to assist us in our effort.
Sounds good.
>I've rejoined the HC List so I can monitor the carbonization effort. I'll
>keep you posted.
Many of the people here are also on the HC list. Short summaries
should suffice.
>PS: Don't ask me what the high points of the show were...I only made it
>between the iHUG booth and the Mens room.
What kind of tiles did the men's room have? And did it have one of
those mirrors with "XYZ" written on it ?
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