Richard Gaskin wrote:
>
>
> I wonder: if all of us posted to the message board there, we'd probably
> have more "get over it, get MetaCard" messages than all the "gosh, but I
> like HyperCard" messages. :)
I think it's better to just leave them alone. Those who need a more
full-bodied tool have already moved to the MetaCard list. Those who are
still using only HyperCard are simply unable to afford MetaCard, or do
not want to learn a different tool. As moderator of the HC list, I don't
think I want to listen to all the complaints that would happen when the
HC list gets "polluted" with info about competing products, though I
have to admit there are many times when I am just itching to say, "but
MetaCard does that already!" I have to bite my tongue all the time.
And (not directed at you, Richard, but at the other posters): It still
hurts me to hear people laughing about the effort to save HyperCard,
though I gave up on it myself a long time ago. There is a love for
HyperCard that goes beyond the tool itself; there is a spirit there that
even the MetaCard community doesn't have. I have never met a group of
people who are so emotionally attached to a software product -- and that
includes me. While MetaCard inspires respect and awe, I do not see the
same emotional attachment here as the HyperCard community has for
HyperCard. I am not surprised that some people on this list do not understand.
I think it is cruel to laugh at people who are grieving.
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