On Its 16th Birthday, The Story of How the Wiki Was Born of Apple and the Mac

Re:On Its 16th Birthday, The Story of How the Wiki Was Born ... by BenWGarton on Sunday March 27, 2011 @10:14PM (#2376827)

Good post. It is amazing how much one person can do.

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Re:On Its 16th Birthday, The Story of How the Wiki Was Born ... by mishmash on Sunday March 27, 2011 @11:21PM (#2376994)

Agreed light on the text but incredible story. HyperCard was my introduction to "programming" and I always have fond memories of it when reading related stories. :)

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Re:On Its 16th Birthday, The Story of How the Wiki Was Born ... by joezydeco on Monday March 28, 2011 @12:12AM (#2377111)

HyperCard was my first serious programming environment as well. There was something about that program running on a Mac that just made the whole system feel "right".

I really believe HyperCard should have been burned into the ROM of every Mac back then, just like Integer BASIC and AppleSoft BASIC were.

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Re:On Its 16th Birthday, The Story of How the Wiki Was Born ... by prodigal_erik on Monday March 28, 2011 @12:32AM (#2377159)

HyperCard was the last gasp of Woz's Apple, the respectable one that made tools for human beings. Jobs' Apple prefers selling appliances to consumers, which spelled doom for things that empower them.

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