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  1. Alternate views of hypertext                    <sum09 1 8>
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  4.    "Hypertext" clearly means different things to different people, such as:
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  6.    Apple's HyperCard --  A mouse-oriented index card database <link26> -- good
  7.                          programming language/graphics, but extremely slow
  8.                          construction <link25 1 20> -- and plugging all
  9.                          system resources into a button has nothing to do with
  10.                          knowledge navigator <link28 -removes> claimed by
  11.                          Apple's PR.
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  13.    Ted Nelson's Xanadeu  The creator of word "hypertext" emphasizes infinite
  14.                          undo and infinite sliceable royalties rather than the
  15.                          creation and classification of knowledge <link37>
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  17.    Owl's Guide       --  Reflects 10-year old NOTECARDS from Xerox -- problems
  18.                          include compatibility <link16> and construction speed
  19.                          <link25 -400>.
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  21.    KnowledgePro      --  Mixes Prolog and Smalltalk, but rule-based systems
  22.                          contain inferior forms of knowledge <link64>
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  24.    AskSam            --  Text retrieval is not a system of knowledge <link26>