We had a HyperCard product that filled a niche. It was perfect. It sold like hotcakes at the state fair on a sunny morning.
We kept getting inquiries: when is the Windows version coming?
We'd been told by Apple that a Windows version was in the works, and that the way they were going to do this was to build on top of QuickTime, which was already cross-platform.
It was about a year overdue and we were getting anxious, so I cornered one of the main HyperCard guys at WWDC and asked him (1) why he was presenting on technologies other than HyperCard and (2) what was up with the QuickTime-based port. As you've probably guessed, the two were related.
The company lasted another six months, then we closed the doors because HyperCard just wasn't keeping up with what people expected. It just languished away.
If Apple had come through with a cross-platform HyperCard which made QuickTime programming accessible to non-programmers, it might have been killer. Might have been.
No, I spent the whole series waiting for the episode in which Geordi would use his supposedly great engineering skills to save the day.
Unfortunately, what usually happened was a fight, followed by his visor getting knocked off and then lots of groping.
First, I am amazed that you support the annihilation of small livestock. (That's what your post means to me.)
Second, check who you're replying to. It's Chuck Shotton. Stop reading Slashdot and read some internet history.
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You always want to leave at least two fans plugged in, not one. What happens when one dies?
Lots of people are saying it's bad if the scientist has to pay to have the work published.
This is not something new. It describes the current situation.
Do a Google search for "page charges" and your favorite discipline. If you want reprints it's even more.
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We had a HyperCard product that filled a niche. It was perfect. It sold like hotcakes at the state fair on a sunny morning.
We kept getting inquiries: when is the Windows version coming?
We'd been told by Apple that a Windows version was in the works, and that the way they were going to do this was to build on top of QuickTime, which was already cross-platform. It was about a year overdue and we were getting anxious, so I cornered one of the main HyperCard guys at WWDC and asked him (1) why he was presenting on technologies other than HyperCard and (2) what was up with the QuickTime-based port. As you've probably guessed, the two were related.
The company lasted another six months, then we closed the doors because HyperCard just wasn't keeping up with what people expected. It just languished away.
If Apple had come through with a cross-platform HyperCard which made QuickTime programming accessible to non-programmers, it might have been killer. Might have been.
No, I spent the whole series waiting for the episode in which Geordi would use his supposedly great engineering skills to save the day. Unfortunately, what usually happened was a fight, followed by his visor getting knocked off and then lots of groping.
First, I am amazed that you support the annihilation of small livestock. (That's what your post means to me.) Second, check who you're replying to. It's Chuck Shotton. Stop reading Slashdot and read some internet history.
This is a known troll. Ignore it.