Roy wood wrote:
> In message <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes
> <SNIP>
>
>> Roy, I imagine that the reason you are proposing such a debate is to try to
>> clarify the future well in that case what about a SWOT analysis of the
>> future
>> of the QL instead of the old debate of hardware vs emulators?
>>
> I did not intend it to be a confrontational thing It just seemed to me
> that some people have strong dislikes for one side of the fence or the
> other. I thought it would be interesting for the people who attend the
> show to hear arguments (as in the debate sense not the hitting each
> other over the head with chairs) for and against. Analysis of the future
> is one thing you could apply to this but there are few people who can
> actually affect the future either for hardware or software so any
> discussion of the QL's future would probably have to academic rather
> than formulating a plan of action for the future. Mind you - who knows?
>
I think this is an interesting idea and need not be antagonistic. There
must be many people - like me - who are interested in both sides of the
equation and a reasoned argument showing the pros and cons of each
approach would be beneficial to both camps. There are things that both
sides can do that the other cannot so the idea of having both emulation
and original hardware need not be mutually exclusive. Personally, I love
using the old hardware and tinkering, but I do realise that a lot of the
attraction to this comes from nostalgia value. In fact, I am just about
to move into the QPC2/QDT camp, but I don't intend to leave my black
boxes behind!!!
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