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QNX 6.3 Released

Posted by Hemos on from the dive-down-into-it dept.

Lufi2 writes "QNX 6.3 was released on 3 Jun. New features include accelerated 3D, the Voyager 2 browser which supports HTML 4.01 and XHTML 1.1 now, SCTP (stream control transmission protocol) and packet filtering with NAT! GCC 3.3.1 is also included. If it's not a typo, the Professional version costs $8695/user o_O Usual QNX NC (non-commercial = free beer) LiveCD is not available on the download area yet (As of 9 Jun)... But it sounds very promising"

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  1. Licensing Cost by nuxx · · Score: 4, Insightful

    Just FYI, that licensing cost is most likely a developer per-seat cost with some redistribution allowed.

    As far as per-user stuff, it's likely that most people use QNX in one form or another every day without knowing it. From cable boxes to ATMs, traffic lights, etc.

    QNX is put in places where failure cannot happen. At all.

  2. Re:QNX is the bad touch by AKAImBatman · · Score: 3, Insightful

    Most normal stuff you expect to find on a linux install is either broken in some way or missing entirely. It doesn't even have bash!!

    Why are you trying to use QNX as a desktop UNIX workstation?

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