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From: chuq@Apple.COM (Chuq Von Rospach)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.hypercard
Subject: The Answer (Re: Hypercard 1.2.5?  Waaaaiit A Second)
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Date: 27 Sep 89 00:05:08 GMT
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The answer to "Why Hypercard 1.2.5", direct from the mouth of Dan Winkler
(posted with permission):

> - 1.2.3 wasn't used for fear of a lawsuit from Lotus, and

Close. Not worried about a lawsuit at all. They just didn't want to deal
with the situation at all. No pressure from anyone....

> - 1.2.4 wasn't used because it would be too obvious that
> . they were just skipping 1.2.3.

Nope. 4 is an unlucky number in Japan, so Gassee and the Hypercard team
decided to skip it.


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