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QNX: When an OS Really, Really Has to Work

Posted by michael on from the abnormal-termination dept.

An anonymous reader writes "Fortune has this article about how QNX's OS has found a niche and is doing well. Especially after 1996 when Microsoft executives said they would crush them in 2 years. When your software absolutely positively needs to work!"

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  1. Um, notwithstanding Mach/MacOS... by caulfield · · Score: 1, Offtopic

    QNX has been the only company so far to commercialize a microkernel OS.

    I love QNX, but they definitely aren't the only company to commercialize a microkernel OS. Apple, while late in the game, are shipping some big numbers. Of course, don't forget NeXT before them, or for you penguin-heads, MkLinux.

  2. Re:A couple things by PetWolverine · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    Is it? I've always said "fuck-nut", but I actually thought "fuck-not" was a good insult, in its own way.

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