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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:
  5.  
  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 not the knowledge
  9.                          navigator <link28 -removes> claimed by Apple's PR.
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  11.    Ted Nelson's Xanadeu  The creator of word "hypertext" emphasizes infinite
  12.                          undo and infinite sliceable royalties rather than the
  13.                          creation and classification of knowledge <link37>
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  15.    Owl's Guide       --  Reflects 10-year old NOTECARDS from Xerox -- problems
  16.                          include compatibility <link16> and construction speed
  17.                          <link25 -400>.
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  19.    KnowledgePro      --  Mixes Prolog and Smalltalk, but rule-based systems
  20.                          contain inferior forms of knowedge <link64>
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  22.    AskSam            --  Text retrieval is not a system of knowledge <link26>