I agree. I was friends with Dan Hildebrandt, he was one of the (few) guys who worked on the actual microkernel. In my opinion, QNX is the only example of a vi

I agree. I was friends with Dan Hildebrandt, he was one of the (few) guys who worked on the actual microkernel. In my opinion, QNX is the only example of a viable microkernel OS (it's way the heck better than Mach ever was). I love Linux, use it all day, every day, but I can see the wisdom of choosing QNX. It's very stable. The downside is you don't get all the new shiny stuff that runs on Linux without some amount of effort. I suspect Ford doesn't care, Ford has always been more about "it works" than "it's shiny". Says the dude who just bought a 1994 F15 5 speed so his son can learn how to drive a manual :)