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I’ll give a talk at the International “QL & Mac are 25” event

Wednesday, October 28, 2009

Early 1984 two milestones were unfolded on both sides of the Atlantic Ocean. Europe was first with the launch of the 32bit multitasking/multi-windowing Sinclair QL. 12 days later America saw the launch of the 32bit GUI Apple Macintosh. Because of this anniversary, the Sinclair QL community has organized the International "QL & Mac are 25" event.

I'll giving a talk about the Mac OS X, it's recent history, and about Cocoa development on the Mac and the iPhone. The title of the talk: "The Mac died nine years ago.". Don't worry, it was a good thing after all. Back in 2000 Mac OS 9 was outdated (remember the Mac bomb and crashes?) and Macs were slower than comparable PCs or Unix workstations. But everything changed when NeXTstep morphed to Mac OS X and later Macs got Intel processors. Would an iPhone have been possible without NeXTstep? Would we have a 64bit Mac OS?

If you happen to be near Lucerne, you're very welcome to attend this free event:

When? Sat/Sun Oct 31st/Nov 1st 2009. The talk will start Saturday at 13:00
Where? Verkehrshaus (Swiss Transport Museum) Lucerne, Switzerland
Check out the web page for the event for more information.