Andreas Ramos wrote:
> > Yes, I really was designing portable hypertext presentations and
> >demonstrating the technology in 1982.
>
> Javilk is right. Hypertext was around in 85 or so. Apple had the stuff, but
> it was single-machine based. I remember we sat around and talked about it,
> but we couldn't figure out how to make a profit with it. No one realized the
> potential of making a hypercard stack that was accessible via multiple
> machines. So the web could have started earlier and we'd all be complaining
> that Apple is too big and that an anti-trust suit should be brought against
> them.
Yes -- the original prototype for the primary website that I work with
at Boeing was done in hypercard in 1993 or 1994.
But I don't think we'd be complaining about Apple being too big or too
predatory -- you have to consider the personalities and motivations of
the founders.
Kathy
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"You must be the change you wish to see in the world." -- Ghandi
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