{"id":1661,"date":"2011-11-30T21:03:57","date_gmt":"2011-11-30T21:03:57","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.learningaloud.com\/blurts\/?p=1661"},"modified":"2011-11-30T21:21:28","modified_gmt":"2011-11-30T21:21:28","slug":"maybe-no-one-cares-but-me-why-did-hypercard-go-away","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.learningaloud.com\/blurts\/2011\/11\/30\/maybe-no-one-cares-but-me-why-did-hypercard-go-away\/","title":{"rendered":"Maybe no one cares but me &#8211; why did hypercard go away?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Loper OS provides an interesting analysis of <a href=\"http:\/\/www.loper-os.org\/?p=568\">why hypercard was discontinued<\/a>. He acknowledges that hypercard was possibly the most loved software products of all time.<\/p>\n<p>This is kind of the opposite of those stupid efforts to explain how the world has advanced by indicating you have never known a world when X was not the case implying a younger age group has not had to cope with inferior experiences.<\/p>\n<p>Most of you have never known a world when most folks could kind of build their own software and get a computer to do what they wanted it to do and not what someone else thought it should do.<\/p>\n<p>Check out the <a href=\"http:\/\/apple.slashdot.org\/story\/11\/11\/30\/1720214\/why-was-hypercard-killed\">discussion on Slashdot<\/a> in response to the Loper post.<\/p>\n<div class=\"pvc_clear\"><\/div>\n<p id=\"pvc_stats_1661\" class=\"pvc_stats all  \" data-element-id=\"1661\" style=\"\"><i class=\"pvc-stats-icon medium\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><svg aria-hidden=\"true\" focusable=\"false\" data-prefix=\"far\" data-icon=\"chart-bar\" role=\"img\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" viewBox=\"0 0 512 512\" class=\"svg-inline--fa fa-chart-bar fa-w-16 fa-2x\"><path fill=\"currentColor\" d=\"M396.8 352h22.4c6.4 0 12.8-6.4 12.8-12.8V108.8c0-6.4-6.4-12.8-12.8-12.8h-22.4c-6.4 0-12.8 6.4-12.8 12.8v230.4c0 6.4 6.4 12.8 12.8 12.8zm-192 0h22.4c6.4 0 12.8-6.4 12.8-12.8V140.8c0-6.4-6.4-12.8-12.8-12.8h-22.4c-6.4 0-12.8 6.4-12.8 12.8v198.4c0 6.4 6.4 12.8 12.8 12.8zm96 0h22.4c6.4 0 12.8-6.4 12.8-12.8V204.8c0-6.4-6.4-12.8-12.8-12.8h-22.4c-6.4 0-12.8 6.4-12.8 12.8v134.4c0 6.4 6.4 12.8 12.8 12.8zM496 400H48V80c0-8.84-7.16-16-16-16H16C7.16 64 0 71.16 0 80v336c0 17.67 14.33 32 32 32h464c8.84 0 16-7.16 16-16v-16c0-8.84-7.16-16-16-16zm-387.2-48h22.4c6.4 0 12.8-6.4 12.8-12.8v-70.4c0-6.4-6.4-12.8-12.8-12.8h-22.4c-6.4 0-12.8 6.4-12.8 12.8v70.4c0 6.4 6.4 12.8 12.8 12.8z\" class=\"\"><\/path><\/svg><\/i> <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"16\" height=\"16\" alt=\"Loading\" src=\"https:\/\/www.learningaloud.com\/blurts\/wp-content\/plugins\/page-views-count\/ajax-loader-2x.gif\" border=0 \/><\/p>\n<div class=\"pvc_clear\"><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Loper OS provides an interesting analysis of why hypercard was discontinued. 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