Path: utzoo!utgpu!jarvis.csri.toronto.edu!mailrus!wuarchive!gem.mps.ohio-state.edu!apple!chuq From: chuq@Apple.COM (Chuq Von Rospach) Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.hypercard Subject: The Answer (Re: Hypercard 1.2.5? Waaaaiit A Second) Message-ID: <35049@apple.Apple.COM> Date: 27 Sep 89 00:05:08 GMT References: <384.251E2055@bmug.FIDONET.ORG> Organization: Life is just a Fantasy novel played for keeps Lines: 21 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. -- Chuq Von Rospach <+> Editor,OtherRealms <+> Member SFWA/ASFA chuq@apple.com <+> CI$: 73317,635 <+> [This is myself speaking. I am not Appl Segmentation Fault. Core dumped.