Interestingly enough, it's not always the quality of the OS that makes the difference. Things take a different turn depending on a number of circumstances. Although most people don't know it, QNX was around at the same time as DOS. QNX read (and booted) from floppies before DOS ever it. At one point in time it was a contender (and a better option). Linux is in many ways lucky that it's where its at.
>welcome to the commercialization of linux pal, it's downhill from here.
That's rather cynical, as we port various Linux applications to QNX it's in our favor to document what we've found to improvde performance. The fact this documentation also helps Linux is just part of the benefit of open source, itself.
If a company has gone through its paces to approve using Linux it's only logical that the people looking for all that free support will also contribute to it.
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Interestingly enough, it's not always the quality of the OS that makes the difference. Things take a different turn depending on a number of circumstances. Although most people don't know it, QNX was around at the same time as DOS. QNX read (and booted) from floppies before DOS ever it. At one point in time it was a contender (and a better option). Linux is in many ways lucky that it's where its at.
>welcome to the commercialization of linux pal, it's downhill from here.
That's rather cynical, as we port various Linux applications to QNX it's in our favor to document what we've found to improvde performance. The fact this documentation also helps Linux is just part of the benefit of open source, itself.
If a company has gone through its paces to approve using Linux it's only logical that the people looking for all that free support will also contribute to it.
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