<s>
WinPlus	B-Application
,	O
originally	O
Plus	O
,	O
was	O
a	O
cross-platform	O
clone	O
of	O
the	O
HyperCard	B-Application
application	O
that	O
enabled	O
users	O
to	O
run	O
HyperCard	B-Application
stacks	I-Application
on	O
Apple	B-Device
Macintosh	I-Device
,	O
Microsoft	B-Application
Windows	I-Application
and	O
OS/2	B-Device
Presentation	I-Device
Manager	I-Device
.	O
</s>
<s>
Originally	O
the	O
application	O
was	O
developed	O
by	O
Format	O
Software	O
GmbH	O
(	O
Cologne	O
,	O
Germany	O
)	O
to	O
overcome	O
deficits	O
of	O
Hypercard	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
was	O
released	O
for	O
the	O
Mac	B-Device
in	O
1989	O
,	O
distributed	O
by	O
Olduvai	O
,	O
aimed	O
at	O
HyperCard	B-Application
power-users	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Plus	O
could	O
run	O
HyperCard	B-Application
stacks	I-Application
directly	O
,	O
and	O
did	O
so	O
slightly	O
faster	O
than	O
HyperCard	B-Application
itself	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Plus	O
did	O
not	O
,	O
however	O
,	O
provide	O
for	O
pull-down	O
menu	O
support	O
or	O
allow	O
stacks	O
to	O
be	O
compiled	O
into	O
stand-alone	O
applications	O
,	O
features	O
of	O
the	O
competing	O
Supercard	B-Operating_System
.	O
</s>
<s>
Plus	O
was	O
purchased	O
by	O
Spinnaker	O
Software	O
and	O
began	O
the	O
process	O
of	O
porting	O
the	O
system	O
to	O
Presentation	B-Device
Manager	I-Device
(	O
OS/2	B-Application
)	O
and	O
Microsoft	B-Application
Windows	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
These	O
versions	O
used	O
the	O
same	O
file	O
format	O
as	O
the	O
original	O
,	O
meaning	O
it	O
was	O
the	O
only	O
HyperCard	B-Application
clone	O
of	O
the	O
era	O
that	O
allowed	O
a	O
single	O
stack	O
to	O
be	O
used	O
on	O
all	O
supported	O
platforms	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
system	O
was	O
later	O
purchased	O
by	O
the	O
newly	O
formed	O
ObjectPlus	O
in	O
early	O
1994	O
,	O
dropping	O
the	O
Mac	B-Device
and	O
OS/2	B-Application
versions	O
and	O
releasing	O
the	O
greatly	O
updated	O
WinPlus	B-Application
3.0	O
in	O
1994	O
,	O
and	O
3.1	O
in	O
1995	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
By	O
this	O
time	O
,	O
the	O
product	O
was	O
being	O
referred	O
to	O
as	O
a	O
multimedia	O
system	O
,	O
a	O
niche	O
market	O
that	O
most	O
of	O
the	O
HyperCard-like	O
systems	O
had	O
targeted	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
WinPlus	B-Application
was	O
also	O
licensed	O
by	O
Oracle	B-Application
as	O
the	O
basis	O
for	O
Oracle	B-Application
Card	I-Application
,	O
later	O
known	O
as	O
Oracle	B-Application
Media	I-Application
Objects	I-Application
when	O
the	O
"	O
card	O
"	O
terminology	O
came	O
to	O
be	O
frowned	O
upon	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
was	O
first	O
introduced	O
in	O
1991	O
as	O
part	O
of	O
"	O
Oracle	B-Application
for	O
Windows	O
"	O
,	O
which	O
included	O
a	O
full	O
suite	O
of	O
client/server	O
software	O
and	O
a	O
variety	O
of	O
their	O
existing	O
database	O
client-side	O
interface	O
programs	O
(	O
text	O
based	O
)	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Version	O
1.1	O
followed	O
at	O
the	O
Oracle	B-Application
Developers	O
and	O
Integrators	O
conference	O
in	O
1992	O
,	O
followed	O
shortly	O
thereafter	O
by	O
the	O
Mac	B-Device
version	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
system	O
was	O
later	O
re-purposed	O
as	O
the	O
front-end	O
for	O
a	O
database-hosted	O
media	O
system	O
for	O
interactive	O
TV	O
,	O
changing	O
the	O
name	O
to	O
Oracle	B-Application
Media	I-Application
Objects	I-Application
.	O
</s>
