HyperCard, Apple's dead-easy programming environment and perhaps the company's most beloved piece of software, has finally been laid to rest. After 16 years, Apple is no longer selling HyperCard and has removed all mention of it from its site.
Silicon Valley veteran Tim Oren, one of the gang who helped develop it, has a eulogy.
"To the surprise of few, Apple's HyperCard passed away quietly this week, after life support was finally withdrawn by the company. It had a run of over 16 years -- though the last were in circumstances of at best benign neglect. Not a bad duration for a software product, but it still hurts to see it go, since I had some part in its gestation."
For those still interested in HyperCard, this HyperCard wiki is a good place to start.
