Wherefore Art Thou, HyperCard?

gwernol writes "Macintouch is running an interesting section on the end of HyperCard at Apple. The original discussion was on alternatives to HyperCard but several ex-HyperCard engineers have come forward to describe the 'Steve-ing' of the project. It's an interesting insight into the workings of this company and the fate of Bill Atkinson's revolutionary piece of software." And lamz writes, "Thousands of people still use HyperCard but it has stagnated under Apple's stewardship. Is it time for an Open Source HyperCard? Great article at Wired." My first Mac programming was in HyperCard. Those were the days ...

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[muon1183]

Here is a link to the apple site on hypercard [apple.com].
Hypercard is basically a way to make slideshow like presentations and animations.

I remember using this back in elementary school to make some quite impressive presentations. Those 10 year old presentations are still more impressive than the stuff powerpoint does.

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Re:Jobs probably asked the same question

[sg3000]

> "Wherefore art thou Romeo?" is not really asking
> why he exists but rather "Why are you Romeo?".

It could be either, but we're in danger of being attacked by rabid moderators if we elaborate at all.

However, since "whither" is an adverb, a better question is, "Whither is Hypercard?"