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Solutions Etcetera has announced the acquisition of SuperCard, a powerful and easy to use authoring tool sometimes referred to as “HyperCard on steroids,” from IncWell DMG. The acquisition culminates over 18 months of development on the next major incarnation of SuperCard (scheduled for Summer release). “Solutions Etcetera personnel have been responsible for SuperCard’s development since June of 1998 so it is only natural that we take the product in house before releasing what we think is our best version ever,” said Scott Simon, SuperCard product manager. "Like HyperCard before it, when SuperCard was introduced it represented a quantum leap in the quest to put the power and magic of the Mac in the hands of everyman," said Mark Lucas, SuperCard lead engineer. "Frankly, though the Mac evolved out from under it over time, like HyperCard, it was getting a bit long in the tooth. The upcoming SuperCard 4.0 release will change all that, putting SuperCard once again at the cutting edge of Macintosh authoring tools by harnessing Apple's latest technologies in a development environment powerful enough for the professional but easy and friendly enough for a child." SuperCard is used by Mac professionals and hobbyists alike to create just about any type of application including games, teaching aides, utilities, personal productivity tools, automation tools, kiosks, and other multimedia rich projects, according to the company. Pricing and release information were not available as this report went to press. Analysis: Years before all-in-one personal information managers appeared, I created my own using HyperCard. Nothing fancy, but it did serve as my contact manager and datebook quite nicely for the better part of four years. If SuperCard 4.0 can replicate the magic that the original HyperCard brought to the stage, Solutions Etc. will really have something.
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