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| Pete... |
 Posted: Thu Oct 22, 2009 6:14 pm |
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Hi all,
2009 is the year of the 25th anniversary of breaking innovations in
personal computing. Early 1984 two milestones were
unfolded on both sides of the Atlantic Ocean. Europe was first with
the launch of the 32bit multitasking/multiwindowing
Sinclair QL. 12 days later America saw the launch of the 32bit GUI/
multiwindowing Apple Macintosh. They both entered
the field to compete with IBM's PC.
While the Mac did it in the long run and is a mainstream product in
the present and future, the QL went into dust.
Before leaving the field, the QL inspired many experts and influenced
today's products in one way or another. Most
prominent example is Linux, where its creator Linus Torvalds was a QL
crack back in the 80s. To learn more about all
that please follow the full 25th anniversary story.
www.tinyurl.com/9ryma3
Earlier this week Apple presented their figures for the last quarter.
Most Profitable Quarter Ever; Record Mac and
iPhone Sales.
http://www.apple.com/pr/library/2009/10/19results.html
Today Microsoft launched Windows 7.
Only future will tell how the desktop platform market develops in the
coming years.
This and recent coverage and homage of the Sinclair QL in both media
and web in the UK motivated us to organize an
international event to celebrate the 25th anniversary of both the QL
and Mac. The event will be in a conference style
with sessions, exhibition and traders & workshop area. It will be
hosted in the brand new Conference Center at
Verkehrhaus, Lucerne, Switzerland (Swiss Transport Museum) on Oct 31st
and Nov 1st 2009.
The event is not only retro, it covers past, present and future ICT
themes. There will be 8 interesting sessions on QL,
Mac, iPhone, Mac OS X, Windows 7 and AmigaOS 4.1, an exhibition and a
workgroup/traders area.
The Event web-pages were updated recently.
http://tinyurl.com/ql-mac-show
Regards, Peter
P.S. We will have the 2009 BBC drama "Micro Men" on screen. |
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