In 1987 Apple introduced a product based on the genius of SmallTalk that it called HyperCard.
I've always been baffled by the comparisons to SmallTalk. Message passing, perhaps, but the syntax couldn't be more different.
What back-room finagling prompted the MetaCard people to change their name [...] [...] the entire lineage of programming tools was based upon the insights of two men
MetaCard did not change its name; the technology was purchased outright by RunRev; and Dan Winkler, not Bill Atkinson, invented HyperTalk. Winkler, incidentally, is a fan:
"I'm especially impressed with the way you've preserved the same feel and flavor of HyperCard even in all the new features you've added and revised... When I finally got to Revolution it was like coming home again... You have created a very worthy successor to HyperCard, the only one I've seen which captures, preserves and seamlessly extends everything I thought was great about the original." -- Dan Winkler
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