Re: Hypertext/Hypermedia by J Alfred Prufrock

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From: Michael Thomas Niehaus
Date: Wed, 24 Jan 1990 15:19

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Sorry, couldn't pass up making a comment about this "see I told you so"
attitude...

> Stay with the PC for hypertext/hypermedia programs.  Owl for the PC was
> first - 1 year before hypercard.  Many more on the way, including Plus
> a hypertool for PCs running Windows 3.0.

I don't mind a person saying something like this, but this statement lacks
any information to back up this assertion.  As anyone can tell you, first
does not equal best.

Coming soon is also misleading.  Sure, there are more Mac hypertext/hypermedia
applications coming too that will be quite impressive.

> For an interesting application of hypermedia, check out the PC program:
>
> Liberty!

How about these for the Macintosh:
    ABC Interactive's programs on the '88 election, Martin Luther King Jr.,
       and the situation and complexities in Palestine/Israel.

I'm sure others can add to these.

> Taegan D. Goddard
> Washington, DC

And have you ever created a hypertext application on a PC?  Many Mac users
can tell you yes, but I have yet to see a PC user that produced anything that
they were happy with.

-Michael

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From: mithomas@bsu-cs.bsu.edu (Michael Thomas Niehaus)
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Subject: Re: Hypertext/Hypermedia by J Alfred Prufrock
Summary: Here we go again
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