http://tidbits.com/ LiveCode, a development environment inspired by HyperCard, may add a free edition and release its code under an open-source license, if owner RunRev meets the goal for its Kickstarter campaign by the end of February. For many, the promise of a free version of LiveCode and its code being available to view, modify, and distribute in changed form is compelling; others find controversial the amount of money sought and other details about the project. en-us Copyright 2013 TidBITS Publishing Inc. Thu, 28 Feb 2013 00:00:00 EST Thu, 28 Feb 2013 00:00:00 EST editors@tidbits.com (TidBITS Editors) editors@tidbits.com (TidBITS Editors) http://tidbits.com/images/tb_logo_152x55.png http://tidbits.com/ 55 152 TidBITS badge http://db.tidbits.com/article/13582?rss#comments_17834 Thu, 28 Feb 2013 10:45:51 EST http://tidbits.com/article/13582#comments_17834
http://blog.runrev.com/blog/bid/272739/We-Kickstarted-LiveCode]]> http://db.tidbits.com/article/13582?rss#comments_17832 Thu, 28 Feb 2013 06:28:23 EST http://tidbits.com/article/13582#comments_17832
http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/1755283828/open-source-edition-of-livecode/posts

Bring on that open source version, guys!]]> http://db.tidbits.com/article/13582?rss#comments_17820 Wed, 27 Feb 2013 11:23:13 EST http://tidbits.com/article/13582#comments_17820
I'd agree with Ben that it's much improved lately, and with the success of the Kickstarter project there's tremendous potential. Incidentally, if you look at p. 3 of the comments on the LiveCode Kickstarter page, you'll see that several of the original HyperCard team have given their enthusiastic support.. sounds like a real vote of confidence to me.]]> http://db.tidbits.com/article/13582?rss#comments_17792 Tue, 26 Feb 2013 00:57:58 EST http://tidbits.com/article/13582#comments_17792
Some witness statements:
http://livecode1001.blogspot.co.uk/

I certainly do believe you're still running a HyperCard database - and that it's getting problematic - and LiveCode could help you bring it back into full life. I recommend you give it another go.
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Having spent hundreds of dollars on RunRev, including purchase of an outdated manual from them, it never operated as advertised. Awful interface, buggy and unstable, it was an expensive, time-consuming failure that left a bad taste to this day. I'm afraid there'll never be another HyperCard; was years ahead of its time.]]> http://db.tidbits.com/article/13582?rss#comments_17774 Mon, 25 Feb 2013 14:01:48 EST http://tidbits.com/article/13582#comments_17774 http://cheap.de/science/zyc-funduszy-crowd-code-free-open-source-aktualizacja]]> http://db.tidbits.com/article/13582?rss#comments_17753 Sat, 23 Feb 2013 20:42:04 EST http://tidbits.com/article/13582#comments_17753
http://blog.runrev.com/blog/bid/266941/Taming-the-Monolith]]> http://db.tidbits.com/article/13582?rss#comments_17751 Sat, 23 Feb 2013 18:02:57 EST http://tidbits.com/article/13582#comments_17751 http://db.tidbits.com/article/13582?rss#comments_17739 Sat, 23 Feb 2013 15:14:47 EST http://tidbits.com/article/13582#comments_17739 http://db.tidbits.com/article/13582?rss#comments_17738 Sat, 23 Feb 2013 13:21:11 EST http://tidbits.com/article/13582#comments_17738 http://db.tidbits.com/article/13582?rss#comments_17737 Sat, 23 Feb 2013 11:08:39 EST http://tidbits.com/article/13582#comments_17737
Something else to know is that many of us pledgers know the RunRev team personally, having met them at conferences. We all like and trust them, and we have daily contact and input to what they are developing.]]> http://db.tidbits.com/article/13582?rss#comments_17736 Sat, 23 Feb 2013 11:03:28 EST http://tidbits.com/article/13582#comments_17736 http://db.tidbits.com/article/13582?rss#comments_17735 Sat, 23 Feb 2013 11:03:27 EST http://tidbits.com/article/13582#comments_17735 http://db.tidbits.com/article/13582?rss#comments_17734 Sat, 23 Feb 2013 10:41:06 EST http://tidbits.com/article/13582#comments_17734 http://db.tidbits.com/article/13582?rss#comments_17733 Sat, 23 Feb 2013 10:18:28 EST http://tidbits.com/article/13582#comments_17733
RunRev didn't write the engine, they bought the rights to it a few years ago.]]> http://db.tidbits.com/article/13582?rss#comments_17732 Sat, 23 Feb 2013 10:15:41 EST http://tidbits.com/article/13582#comments_17732
HyperCard was what opened up the Mac for me after years of being a commandline programmer, and finally got me to dive into the Macintosh toolbox. The LiveCode engine is a solid tool, and an open source version would be great.]]> http://db.tidbits.com/article/13582?rss#comments_17731 Sat, 23 Feb 2013 10:07:58 EST http://tidbits.com/article/13582#comments_17731 http://db.tidbits.com/article/13582?rss#comments_17729 Sat, 23 Feb 2013 07:35:27 EST http://tidbits.com/article/13582#comments_17729 http://db.tidbits.com/article/13582?rss#comments_17725 Fri, 22 Feb 2013 16:57:51 EST http://tidbits.com/article/13582#comments_17725
I fell in love with HyperCard early and subscribed to the original TidBITS stacks. I learned to code in HyperCard before moving on to C and Perl for my private projects and web apps. A web interface works superbly for my needs these days, but my first love, so to speak, will always be HyperCard.]]>