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Re:Bill Gates demonstrates Visual Basic (1991) [video] by bitwize on Wednesday October 18, 2023 @09:41PM (#37937209)
Apple: Develops something close to the perfect desktop UI on their first go.

Microsoft: "I know! We'll let users create their own UI! What could possibly go wrong?"

That Ruby ended up the way it did was an example of what they call "cooler heads prevailing".

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Re:Bill Gates demonstrates Visual Basic (1991) [video] by chrisco255 on Thursday October 19, 2023 @12:05AM (#37938244)
Apple released something similar called HyperCard in 1987: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/HyperCard, allowing users to create their own UI.
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Re:Bill Gates demonstrates Visual Basic (1991) [video] by bitwize on Thursday October 19, 2023 @12:18AM (#37938327)
HyperCard was not intended to enable users to change the shell UI. Ruby was, originally.
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Re:Bill Gates demonstrates Visual Basic (1991) [video] by chrisco255 on Thursday October 19, 2023 @03:21AM (#37939565)
What's the fundamental difference? HyperCard apps had minimal chrome and were fully customizable.
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