There is nothing “introductory” about Swift. It’s a C++ descendant with all the complexity and inconsistency to prove it. All the Playgrounds lipstick in the world doesn’t change the fact it’s a pig, and Tim Cook on stage telling edu customers that Apple created Swift to teach kids to code is just a reminder that Cook is an absolute hack at sales.
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As for Hypercard, it died because nobody knew how to sell it. No customers, no revenue; no product. Doesn’t matter if you’ve the best technology in the world, it ain’t worth squat if it doesn’t put bums on seats. And while users who did “get” HC really got it, and absolutely adored it as a result, there wasn’t anywhere enough of them to justify its continued existence as part of the Apple product line.
A basic rule of business: learn how to fire your customers. Scrapping niche-appeal distractions that will never drive your major markets is just a subset of that.
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As for Hypercard, it died because nobody knew how to sell it. No customers, no revenue; no product. Doesn’t matter if you’ve the best technology in the world, it ain’t worth squat if it doesn’t put bums on seats. And while users who did “get” HC really got it, and absolutely adored it as a result, there wasn’t anywhere enough of them to justify its continued existence as part of the Apple product line.
A basic rule of business: learn how to fire your customers. Scrapping niche-appeal distractions that will never drive your major markets is just a subset of that.
https://hbr.org/2011/08/its-time-to-fire-some-of-your.htm