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title: "It’s Time for the Next Leap"
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excerpt: "Do we need a next generation QL, or more accurately put, a new QDOS/SMSQ hardware platform?"
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authors: "Zeljko Nastasic"
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issue: "3"
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    title: "International QL Report V5 I3"
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pubdate: "September/October 1995"
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# It’s Time for the Next Leap

Do we need a next generation QL, or more accurately put, a new QDOS/SMSQ hardware platform?