Re: Squeak as HyperCard

[Doug Loss <dloss@csrlink.net>]

Ian Bicking wrote:
> 
> I'm not entirely sure what the core developers of Squeak are trying
> to do, but the more I think about it the more I'm pretty sure they are
> trying to make something like HyperCard/HyperStudio, only a lot
> better.
> 
> Now, the system is a long ways from being ready to use with
> actual children or the programming-illiterate.
> 
> Outside of the core developers (who all work at Disney, and many
> of whom have some background in education) there doesn't seem
> to be much interest in this direction by the Squeak community.

Ian,

   Can you put us in touch with those core developers?  If they're
interested in education they might fit in well here, and we might be
able to help out on this.  Vincent Konieczek might be especially
interested in this.  Vincent, what do you think?

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