bdest@unix.cis.pitt.edu (Benoit Desjardins) (07/28/90)
Many of you obviously seem to have a copy of Hypercard 2.0. Would someone be kind enough to E-Mail me a stuffed and binhexed copy of the latest version (not to this list, but to my personnal E-Mail address? Benoit Desjardins benoit@speedy.cs.pitt.edu
mennella@irst.UUCP (Giuseppe Mennella) (09/07/90)
Is HyperCard 2.0 available by ftp from apple.com or another site? ........yes! What's the complete path where find it? Thanks in advance ::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::: :: Giuseppe Mennella :: :: I.R.S.T. Povo :: :: Trento -- Italy :: :: :: :: mennella@irst.uucp :: :: mennella%irst.it :: :::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::
jkc@Apple.COM (John Kevin Calhoun) (09/08/90)
The decision has been made here not to make HyperCard 2.0 available via ftp. Neither will it be available for downloading on any of the commercial online services. I very much regret the inconvenience this will cause many of you and the delay in getting 2.0 into your hands. None of us who are regular readers of this newsgroup had anything to do with the decision. We're just the engineers... Kevin Calhoun Software engineer Apple Computer
Scott D. Camp <Q8N@psuvm.psu.edu> (09/09/90)
In article <44630@apple.Apple.COM>, jkc@Apple.COM (John Kevin Calhoun) says: > >The decision has been made here not to make HyperCard 2.0 available via >ftp. Neither will it be available for downloading on any of the commercial >online services. > >delay in getting 2.0 into your hands. > >None of us who are regular readers of this newsgroup had anything to do >with the decision. We're just the engineers... > >Kevin Calhoun >Software engineer >Apple Computer I certainly don't want to flame any of the Apple employees who spend their own time answering questions and providing information on the net. As Kevin notes, this decision was not made by any of that group of individuals. However, I must say that I am disappointed with this decision on the part of Apple. I won't die having to wait until a copy of 2.0 makes its way to my university support group, and I have to wait a day or two until they get around to copying it for me. However, it would have been much nicer had I not had to pursue this route. One of the reasons I was excited about Apple releasing HC 2.0 over the net, and I know this sounds corny, was because it was a service they were extending to at least some of their users. And as many people have pointed out in many forums, Apple is not noted for the service they provide to users who are not Fortune 500 corporations. Now, it may be that Apple decided it was too expensive for them to use some of their resources to make HyperCard available to an admittedly small group of net users. I don't know. However, I would like to know. So, my request to Apple would be to give us an explanation for why this scheme was abandoned. In reality, this request is directed to those employees at Apple who may know why this project was abandoned. Maybe if the official explanation could be posted, then we won't spend a lot of time flaming Apple for not providing HC 2.0 via ftp. I know that I for one will reserve my opinions on this action until I obtain more information. Thank you to anyone at Apple who is listening. Again, none of this is intended to be a flame of either Apple the corporation or any individuals at Apple. Scott D. Camp Q8N@PSUVM.PSU.EDU The Pennsylvania State University 305 Oswald Tower University Park, PA 16802 814-863-0121
emery@linus.mitre.org (David Emery) (09/10/90)
It would be useful to know where within Apple we should send our cards and letters of protest. We'll save our bullets for them... dave emery emery@aries.mitre.org