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 will 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. --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are a member of the Vintage Macs group. The list FAQ is at http://lowendmac.com/lists/vintagemacs.shtml and our netiquette guide is at http://www.lowendmac.com/lists/netiquette.shtml To post to this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/vintage-macs Support for older Macs: http://lowendmac.com/services/ -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
