Path: utzoo!utgpu!mnetor!frank
From: frank@mnetor.UUCP (Frank Kolnick)
Newsgroups: comp.os.misc
Subject: Re: QNX 90  ( anybody go ? )
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Date: 13 Sep 90 08:24:31 GMT
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Reply-To: frank@mnetor.UUCP (Frank Kolnick)
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In article <4480@qip.UUCP> bobm@qip.UUCP (Bob Maccione) writes:
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>hey out there, did anybody go to QNX 90 and if so what happened?
>
>bob

We (Basis Computer Systems Inc.) went, and we had a great time.
The first night, Quantum rented the Museum of Civilization, which
has an Omnimax projector, and we had a private screening of "The
Dream is Alive". This was followed by a very nice dinner in the
great hall, and a keynote address by Phil Lemmons (ex-Byte and
ex-Personal Workstation editor). In fact, all of the meals were
above average, and the entire event was quite sociable.

On the technical side, the emphases were on the new Posix version of
QNX, QNX Windows, and the Watcom compiler. I thought all of these
were quite impressive, but you'll have to discount my strong bias
towards the windows product, since it was designed and written by Basis.
Quantum also re-iterated their commitment to customer support, in
particular, continued support for all previous versions of QNX.

There were 34 exhibitors this year (according to the official
conference agenda), with a nice range of products. These include
a toolkit for special effects (such as fountains) and other useful
functions for QNX Windows,SCADA systems, compilers, communications
products (TCP/IP, etc.), databases, SQL, etc.

The free give aways were: a notepad, a pen, a QNX Windows t-shirt
and a QNX Windows poster (artwork by Robert Tinney, btw). On the
other hand, the weather prevented the annual balloon ride.

All in all, a very well run conference.



-- 
Frank Kolnick,
Basis Computer Systems Inc.
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