Dear Geoff, Dear QL-ers... I'm one of the recently becoming back on the QL scene. My port of QLAY QL2K wasn't be done to be shared and suply onto internet at start. This Was just for me to used it and continuing to program for myself mainly In SuperBasic.
Finally, the last time I was at the hospital ( and I was very young as I had 34 years old ), I had a very difficult obstacle to cross. I use To program a lot of and all the time, but at this particular time, as I was a bit depressive, the only thing I want to do is QL and only QL. My developments as more on C++ under Windows and sometimes using others Language. Like the effect with a drug, I just want to release a quite QL emulation That run to use my old QL Superbasic programs. At that was by this difficult step, I decided to release QL2K to public. Now I can say that the world is in crisis and not only with computers, but I think that is more because people don't know where to go as we have passed The Year 2000 events. Sometimes we can think there is no future. And computers Technologies goes now too fast ( incredibly too fast ). Be sure that I'm understand well all what your saying about your disapoinments. I think that what QL world need should be something to be not QL anymore. If We want that kind of technologies works, if we want that QL traders are reliable, If we want to continue in the same way of our hobby we have all to build the Quantum Leap of the Quantum Leap. As it was possible at the born of the QL, it should be now possible by joining All energies to build something completely new and fanstastically powerfull. Perharps by simply let born a machine without bugs ;-) ... Yes now I think that I really need a machine where I can program, use and continue my computers hobby Without having boring stuffes, without being disturb by ads... Etc... I make some experiences, mainly giving QL2K and the original QL documentation to My wife in order she learn computer programming. Now she can make some small Programs and I want back she describe me her QL new user experience. What I'm seeing that she confused between string and numeric variables but she Make some very small programs with succes.. I was talking with some friends about QL and certains says something like " Hey, SuperBasic syntax is pretty cool... " So now, I think that is time to reorganise drastically all that QL world in order To being back competitive in that strange computers worlds where there is only Intel make processors, there is only 1,5 operating systems ;-) ( I want say Windows And Linux )... And all of noising things around this... PocketPC, Palm Pilot, ... I recently see here in France, that there is some new magazines that talk about Programming using code publishing. And I remenber the time in 80's where we had A lot of magasines that got Basic source code. Now I don't have any things to say to prevent your QL scene departure, as I really Understand your reasons. And if someone say me something like that in my company I say Him that I need some holidays ;-)... To avoid this, I know that a problem that concern all QL users... We have all to find New solutions for the future... The future will have some very dramatics events ( as always In fact ) and to prepare them will all need a computer of dreams.... Perharps this should Be time to make a wife usuable computers ;-) ... So note just these 3 things : - I'm pretty bad in english and I writing a long email to you and our friends, - I work a lot for free for QL but I need money to live and after hospital it's always necessary ( I'm not rich ;-) ) - I need for my futur and the future of my childs and a great computers... - I was very disapointed by some QL events and I know that is very difficult to stay with serenity on that place ( but this is avalaible for all human relationships ). - Your experience will always be usefull for us all. Thanks for reading this, Jimmy.
