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@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@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 > > > > Al > > _______________________________________________ > > use-livecode mailing list > > use-livecode@lists.runrev.com > > Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage your > > subscription preferences: > > http://post.spmailt.com/f/a/L81QGJXBvzG00p2ScQ9uTw~~/AAGp3AA~/RgRbyk_cP0EIACz0hAuIUUJXA3NwY1gEAAAAAFkGc2hhcmVkYQdoZWxsb18xYAw1Mi4zOS4yNi4xNDRCCgAAXBzpWct516ZSHXVzZS1saXZlY29kZUBsaXN0cy5ydW5yZXYuY29tCVEEAAAAAEQ1aHR0cDovL2xpc3RzLnJ1bnJldi5jb20vbWFpbG1hbi9saXN0aW5mby91c2UtbGl2ZWNvZGVHAnt9 > > > > > > -- > 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://post.spmailt.com/f/a/L81QGJXBvzG00p2ScQ9uTw~~/AAGp3AA~/RgRbyk_cP0EIACz0hAuIUUJXA3NwY1gEAAAAAFkGc2hhcmVkYQdoZWxsb18xYAw1Mi4zOS4yNi4xNDRCCgAAXBzpWct516ZSHXVzZS1saXZlY29kZUBsaXN0cy5ydW5yZXYuY29tCVEEAAAAAEQ1aHR0cDovL2xpc3RzLnJ1bnJldi5jb20vbWFpbG1hbi9saXN0aW5mby91c2UtbGl2ZWNvZGVHAnt9 > _______________________________________________ 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
