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excerpt: "First of all, this article describes my personal impressions - I'm not a fortune teller! Some people ask about the future, and it's an important question. When I say QL. I mean everything which simulates the operating system of the QL (you all know by now that my main machines are ATARIs running QDOS or…"
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# QDOS, QL – The Future

First of all, this article describes my personal impressions – I’m not a fortune teller! Some people ask about the future, and it’s an important question. When I say QL. I mean everything which simulates the operating system of the QL (you all know by now that my main machines are ATARIs running QDOS or SMSQ/E). when 1 say QDOS, this includes SMSQ, SMSQ/E and Minerva, of course.