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Subject: Re: Apple's Pippin console makes list "25 Worst Tech Products of All Time"
From: "mdj" <mdj.mdj@gmail.com>
Date: 30 May 2006 01:18:37 -0700
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Craig Koller wrote:

> Actually, if they were to expand the scope of the article to highlight
> tech "blunders" then Apple's execution (as in assassination) of
> Hypercard would probably eclipse the Pippin debacle.

Ah yes. I've often mused over the concept of a WWW powered by a browser
that more resembled hypercard in terms of design. Imagine the effort
that could be saved world wide if we had a nice, simple, layout engine,
easy to use WYSIWYG tools plus a scripting language that made sense,
like HyperTalk. Boy that product was ahead of its time.

Matt

References:
- Apple's Pippin console makes list "25 Worst Tech Products of All Time"
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- Re: Apple's Pippin console makes list "25 Worst Tech Products of All Time"
  - From: Craig Koller <cwkoller@STOPSPAMmac.com>

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