QNX: When an OS Really, Really Has to Work

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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Re:QNX rules

[OldMiner]

Linux and Windows arent "bad" they are just profoundly LAZY. Microkernels and doing everything right is way too much work.

My brain says: don't feed the trolls, but I'm compelled anyhow.

The NT kernel, meaning NT, 2000, XP, 2003, is a microkernel. Although obviously different in design, the habit of Linux to push almost everything into userland using modules keeps the kernel relatively small and object orientedish.

I won't go into memory management, rings, IRQLs, and all that fun stuff as I'm pretty sure you were just trying to incite debate to begin with.