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I find it hard to believe this is just about automotive. QNX makes a very well regarded embedded OS, people I know who've worked with it rave about it. So I ca
by allertonm 17y ago
I find it hard to believe this is just about automotive. QNX makes a very well regarded embedded OS, people I know who've worked with it rave about it.
So I can't help wondering if RIM has just bought their next-gen mobile OS, especially given the widely held view that RIM's current platform is ancient and creaky.
- EventHorizon 17y agoThe odd part is that QNX has never really been interested in the mobile-os market. They have mainly been targeting the automotive, defense, industrial and medical verticals.
- allertonm 17y agoThis post from a former QNX marketing VP appears to disagree with you: http://saunderslog.com/2010/04/09/rim-didnt-buy-qnx-for-its-auto-business/ http://saunderslog.com/2010/04/09/rim-didnt-buy-qnx-for-its-... "QNX has long been looking for a partner with whom to enter the mobile space. For example, almost 10 years ago I was the marketing VP at QNX for a short period of time. Even then, QNX CEO Dan Dodge thought that the real prize in the embedded OS market was the mobile handset."
- nailer 17y ago> QNX makes a very well regarded embedded OS, people I know who've worked with it rave about it. Seconded. In fact I don't know anyone who's used QNX that has anything but great things to say about it. QNX makes modern Linux systems look as old and stale as a proprietary Unix. It's tiny, really fast, and keeps the good stuff while fixing packaging, scheduling and graphics. I wonder what this means for Cisco: QNX is the OS used in their high end routers (rebranded as 'IOS' because it has the same command shell and routing algos as their old shitty IOS).