Did Xanadu ever get released?

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Title: Did Xanadu ever get released?
Post by: BillAnderson on February 09, 2020, 08:02:36 AM
Browsing the NeXTWorld magazine, I saw Ted Nelson's Xanadu listed in the software catalog as 'coming soon'. Did that ever get released, and is it available?
Title: Re: Did Xanadu ever get released?
Post by: nuss on February 09, 2020, 11:42:37 AM
Hi BillAnderson,

could not find any trace of Xanadu in any of the ancient NeXT Archives.
Title: Re: Did Xanadu ever get released?
Post by: BillAnderson on February 09, 2020, 04:13:56 PM
Thank you @nuss. I've read much about Xanadu, but never heard of it used in production. The mention of it in NeXTWorld was very Jobsian. That man sure could sell the dream.
Title: Re: Did Xanadu ever get released?
Post by: user341 on February 10, 2020, 11:54:48 AM
What was it supposed to be?
Title: Re: Did Xanadu ever get released?
Post by: BillAnderson on February 10, 2020, 12:45:27 PM
Quote from: zombie on February 10, 2020, 11:54:48 AMWhat was it supposed to be?

It was the first Hypertext system, had some really interesting ideas on storage and linking.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Project_Xanadu
http://xanadu.com/xUniverse-D6
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1yLNGUeHapA

On the video, it reminds me a bit of Raskin, a great object browser for the Mac, which I think was sadly abandoned:
https://apps.apple.com/app/raskin/id404175816

The closest equivalent would be Eastgate Tinderbox which is being actively developed by one of the early Hypertext pioneers, Mark Bernstein:
http://www.eastgate.com/Tinderbox/




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