---
title: "Market Testing"
type: "article"
slug: "market-testing"
url: "http://localhost/article/market-testing/"
markdown_url: "http://localhost/article/market-testing.md"
published_at: "2026-02-23T01:47:05+00:00"
modified_at: "2026-02-23T01:47:11+00:00"
featured_image:
  url: "http://localhost/wp-content/uploads/2022/04/20230809-041332.jpg"
excerpt: "Is the QL alive or dead in North America? More properly, does the great interest in the Gold Card in North America indicate that there is also a major market for software?"
category:
  - name: "NESQLUG News"
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    taxonomy: "category"
    url: "http://localhost/category/periodicals/nesqlug-news/"
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  - name: "QL"
    slug: "ql"
    taxonomy: "post_tag"
    url: "http://localhost/tag/ql/"
model:
  - name: "Sinclair QL"
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    taxonomy: "model"
    url: "http://localhost/model/sinclair-ql/"
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  title: "NESQLUG News"
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volume: "3"
issue: "2"
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  - id: 50165
    title: "NESQLUG News v3 n2"
    type: "issue"
    url: "http://localhost/issue/nesqlug-news-v3-n2/"
pages: "4"
pubdate: "September/October 1992"
archive_link: false
---

# Market Testing

Is the QL alive or dead in North America? More properly, does the great interest in the Gold Card in North America indicate that there is also a major market for software?