I agree and put my signature, but for iPad ! René Le 20 mai 2010 à 14:34, David Bovill a écrit :
> This has been troubling me. Steve jobs is reputed to have said: > > “Something like HyperCard on the iPad? Yes, but someone would have to create > it” > > at the Apple’s shareholder > meeting<http://www.macworld.com/article/146739/2010/02/2010appleshareholdermtg.html>some > time in early 2010. The closest source to this I can find is > here<http://www.macworld.com/article/146739/2010/02/2010appleshareholdermtg.html>(the > relevant section below is at the bottom of the article): > > As usual, there were also a number of off-beat comments and questions, >> ranging from suggestions that Apple invest in Tesla Motors (Jobs: “We were >> thinking of a toga party, actually”) to a request for a flagship Apple Store >> in Cupertino (“I’ll pass that on to our retail team”), to a suggestion that >> Apple partner with Nintendo (strategic alliances are hard, but possible if >> it’s worth it), to a desire for a simple programming language on the iPad >> (“Something like HyperCard on the iPad? Yes, but someone would have to >> create it”). Jobs declined to comment on the possibility of a >> Verizon-network iPhone. >> > > So it was a casual remark - not thought through maybe? I'd be tempted to be > generous on this one - and figure that he meant what he said. If so it would > be real interesting to ask on what legal and technical basis someone could > do that. I don't think his answer would be along Rodeo lines - that is you'd > have to create web app's. > > So perhaps it is worth asking along which lines a real HyperCard app could > be made on the iPhone? How about a community drafted letter - one directed > specifically at this question and to clarify his thinking on this? What > would such a letter look like? Which is the best open platform out there to > draft such a letter together and collect signatures? > > NB - I'd be tempted to think that one possible answer which would square the > circle (with regard to Apples concerns with a middle layer lock in) - is if > the HyperCard app on the iPhone was open source. Then there would be no > lock-in against Apples interest as if they or any Apple developers wanted to > improve and add platform specific features they would have the power to do > that? That is surely part of the logic behind why JavaScript is OK. > _______________________________________________ > use-revolution mailing list > use-revolution@lists.runrev.com > Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage your subscription > preferences: > http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-revolution _______________________________________________ use-revolution mailing list use-revolution@lists.runrev.com Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage your subscription preferences: http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-revolution