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@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.." > > https://apple.slashdot.org/story/04/03/31/1550216/hypercard-gone-for-good > > BUT if you ask Paul Heckel, he would say: > "Zoomracks was first..." > > http://www.atarimagazines.com/startv2n3/hypercard.html > > And now that I remember Paul Heckel, read about his winning lawsuit against > Apple for patent-infringement: > http://www.nytimes.com/1989/12/20/business/apple-is-said- > to-settle-suit.html > > Al > _______________________________________________ > use-livecode mailing list > use-livecode@lists.runrev.com > Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage your > subscription preferences: > http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-livecode > -- On the first day, God created the heavens and the Earth On the second day, God created the oceans. On the third day, God put the animals on hold for a few hours, and did a little diving. And God said, "This is good." _______________________________________________ use-livecode mailing list use-livecode@lists.runrev.com Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage your subscription preferences: http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-livecode
