Because RIM was developing QNX to power the PlayBook before the acquisition. It is a more robust, multitasking, and an automobile certified kernel that offers benefits that iOS and Android cannot. Remember that the announcement of the release happened this week but RIM has been developing this product for years. You won't see Android certified for medical, automotive, government (classified), and military applications for years after QNX (soon to be re-branded BBX) is.
It is POSIX compliant. Available tools include Eclipse plugins to repackage C++ projects to QNX. Another important point from the presentation is that QNX is certified in many fields including the difficult auto industry (controls the majority of automobiles).
In SI, the prefix of m represents milli (multiply by 0.001) and the prefix M represents mega (multiply by 1,000,000) http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SI_prefix
At the very least searching for the Arc on Ararat is more important than going back to the Moon or climbing Everest again.
These are all important ventures because we are an inquisitive species captivated by fantasy. I want to know when the next North Pole expedition is planned to locate Super Man's Fortress or Solitude and quite possibly Santa's Workshop.
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Because RIM was developing QNX to power the PlayBook before the acquisition. It is a more robust, multitasking, and an automobile certified kernel that offers benefits that iOS and Android cannot. Remember that the announcement of the release happened this week but RIM has been developing this product for years. You won't see Android certified for medical, automotive, government (classified), and military applications for years after QNX (soon to be re-branded BBX) is.
For details about the development stack for QNX, see yesterdays DevCon presentation:
http://www.blackberrydevcon.com/americas/webcast
It is POSIX compliant. Available tools include Eclipse plugins to repackage C++ projects to QNX. Another important point from the presentation is that QNX is certified in many fields including the difficult auto industry (controls the majority of automobiles).
In SI, the prefix of m represents milli (multiply by 0.001) and the prefix M represents mega (multiply by 1,000,000) http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SI_prefix
At the very least searching for the Arc on Ararat is more important than going back to the Moon or climbing Everest again.
These are all important ventures because we are an inquisitive species captivated by fantasy. I want to know when the next North Pole expedition is planned to locate Super Man's Fortress or Solitude and quite possibly Santa's Workshop.
What do you think Adobe would offer for adoughboy.com?
Remember that a "Power User" within a Microsoft operating environment is a user that can install their own software.
All that I know is that according to Netcraft, the RBC website runs a mix of HPUX and AIX.