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Mon, 10/15/2007 - 3:55am
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Ah ... QL, the machince that

Ah ... QL, the machine that could have been ... despite its shortfalls (bad marketing, bad timing, initially faulty machines) it was still the first affordable 32bit computer and it was great when it worked -- although software support was at best unremarkable. Linus Torvalds honed his skills on a QL (after upgrading from a Vic20) before embarking on his great Linux adventure a few years later... :)

"Elegance has the disadvantage that hard work is needed to achieve it and a good education to appreciate it."
"You must not give the world what it asks for, but what it needs."

-- Dijkstra

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