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Re: What about the HyperCard clones

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<nospam-34953F.02031302042011@fl-69-69-134-194.sta.embarqhsd.net>, Mark
<nospam@nospam.com> wrote:

> In article 
> <be1cc85b-e8f1-47f9-9982-0998affa6153@k30g2000yqb.googlegroups.com>,
>  Michael Kuepper <michael.kuepper@googlemail.com> wrote:
> 
> > Hello Mark,
> > 
> > thank you for your answer.
> > 
> > I think that's bad news, the open source community is missing an
> > interesting opportunity to attract "non programmers" for GNU/Linux.
> > 
> > Michael.
> 
> 
> Hi Michael,
> 
> During the past 25 years, several open-source initiatives have been 
> started, but they all suffered a silent death. I think, if this really 
> would have been such a big opportunity for the open-source community, 
> then there would have been more participants in these initiatives. 
> Apparently, it is not interesting enough. I don't think it is worth 
> discussing anymore, unless someone brings in a very big pile of money to 
> finance an (open-source) project.

SuperCard is still around. Costs some money, but it is definitely worth
it - if you want do continue using old stacks and develop new stacks.

Guenther

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What about the HyperCard clones Michael Kuepper <michael.kuepper@googlemail.com> - 2011-03-23 04:17 -0700
  Re: What about the HyperCard clones Mark <nospam@nospam.com> - 2011-03-26 22:52 +0100
    Re: What about the HyperCard clones Michael Kuepper <michael.kuepper@googlemail.com> - 2011-03-27 02:44 -0700
      Re: What about the HyperCard clones Mark <nospam@nospam.com> - 2011-04-02 02:03 +0200
        Re: What about the HyperCard clones Guenther Fischer <never@spam.invalid> - 2011-04-02 08:22 +0200

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