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Well, what was it? and did he stump them?


Wikipedia (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/HyperCard#History) reports: Work for it began in March 1985 under the name of WildCard


I believe they did phone-a-friend to a retired Apple employee that worked with Bill to get that answer.

The best part was the host paused and told us all that we most likely would not be here in the giant room if it were not for Bill's early contributions (QuickDraw). That was when we gave him the standing ovation.


The best question was what was the first Apple with an Intel chip.


I challenge Hacker News...




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