Interview wtth inventor of hypercard Bill Atkinson

[Tom Glod]

I wasn't aware that there was objections and controversies when it comes to
this.... everything has a deeper history than just the surface I guess.....

Forgive my ignorance on the subject.  Gonna leave this skeleton right where
it is though.

On Thu, Oct 19, 2017 at 4:48 PM, Mike Kerner via use-livecode <
use-livecode at lists.runrev.com> wrote:

> Wasn't yesterday VisiCalc's birthday?  If ever there was a case of IP
> ripoff, it was that one.
>
> On Thu, Oct 19, 2017 at 4:24 PM, Alejandro Tejada via use-livecode <
> use-livecode at lists.runrev.com> wrote:
>
> > Tom Glod wrote:
> > > Here is a great interview with Bill..... in which he reveals ....
> > > among other things...... that when he invented Hypercard he was ....
> >
> > If you ask Walter Cooke, he answers:
> >
> > "I too miss HyperCard, but I also used Xerox's Notecards software BEFORE
> > Bill invented Apple's version for the Macintosh.
> >
> > Google "Xerox Notecards" to read some history of where the concept and OO
> > implementation originated. Poor Xerox - they invented so much but
> couldn't
> > market their way out of a wet paper bag. A lot of educators were very
> > impressed with Notecards and wanted at their universities real bad. The
> > military loved it for buiding real-time visual simulations. I wanted to
> use
> > it for building bond trading software. Unfortunately Xerox workstation
> cost
> > $30K apiece at that time!
> >
> > I remember arguing with Andy Hertzfeld at the '87 MacWorld Expo where
> > HyperCard was announced and demoed on the sexy new Mac II. He was adamant
> > that HyperCard bore no resemblance to Notecards, but grudgingly agreed
> that
> > he HAD seen Notecards at Xerox and knew what it was. Hmmm.."
> >
> > http://post.spmailt.com/f/a/ioIEMDuP10-XlG589Hs0Zg~~/AAGp3AA~/RgRbyk_cP0EIACz0hAuIUUJXA3NwY1gEAAAAAFkGc2hhcmVkYQdoZWxsb18xYAw1Mi4zOS4yNi4xNDRCCgAAXBzpWct516ZSHXVzZS1saXZlY29kZUBsaXN0cy5ydW5yZXYuY29tCVEEAAAAAEQyaHR0cHM6Ly9hcHBsZS5zbGFzaGRvdC5vcmcvc3RvcnkvMDQvMDMvMzEvMTU1MDIxNi9HAnt9
> hypercard-gone-for-good
> >
> > BUT if you ask Paul Heckel, he would say:
> > "Zoomracks was first..."
> >
> > http://post.spmailt.com/f/a/pBqWSS-9L0TY6juiDLxQgg~~/AAGp3AA~/RgRbyk_cP0EIACz0hAuIUUJXA3NwY1gEAAAAAFkGc2hhcmVkYQdoZWxsb18xYAw1Mi4zOS4yNi4xNDRCCgAAXBzpWct516ZSHXVzZS1saXZlY29kZUBsaXN0cy5ydW5yZXYuY29tCVEEAAAAAEQ2aHR0cDovL3d3dy5hdGFyaW1hZ2F6aW5lcy5jb20vc3RhcnR2Mm4zL2h5cGVyY2FyZC5odG1sRwJ7fQ~~
> >
> > And now that I remember Paul Heckel, read about his winning lawsuit
> against
> > Apple for patent-infringement:
> > http://post.spmailt.com/f/a/GP1VFaIec0p7bLPgLJisoA~~/AAGp3AA~/RgRbyk_cP0EIACz0hAuIUUJXA3NwY1gEAAAAAFkGc2hhcmVkYQdoZWxsb18xYAw1Mi4zOS4yNi4xNDRCCgAAXBzpWct516ZSHXVzZS1saXZlY29kZUBsaXN0cy5ydW5yZXYuY29tCVEEAAAAAEQ5aHR0cDovL3d3dy5ueXRpbWVzLmNvbS8xOTg5LzEyLzIwL2J1c2luZXNzL2FwcGxlLWlzLXNhaWQtRwJ7fQ~~
> > to-settle-suit.html
> >
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