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From: trgauchat@rose.waterloo.edu (Terry Gauchat)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc
Subject: Re: QNX Operating System
Keywords: operating system
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Date: 12 May 89 16:55:43 GMT
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In article <5000@mnetor.UUCP> frank@mnetor.UUCP (Frank Kolnick) writes:
>
>First, I'll point out that a similar discussion has been going on in 
>comp.misc.os for a while. Second, I just published a book on QNX, so I'm
>biased (although I do not work for Quantum; just a satisfied customer).

[etc.]

>   In other words, they're not sitting still and are quite capable of
>   taking on the big guys. (IMHO)
>
>Frank Kolnick,

I am glad to hear that there are some real QNX supporters out there among
the 75,000 QNX purchasers.

After I had played with QNX for a while, I said "great!, but now what?".
An operating system is no good without a large software base.

I attended an IBM presentation of AIX and thought "okay, POSIX, etc. --
we will be going UNIX soon!"

Hearing that QNX is planning POSIX conformance is wonderful.  I hope that
Quantum advertises this fact -- they may end up being losers if they do not
compete with marketing as well as technical expertise!!!


----> Anyway...

I have received several requests for my informal non-technical evaluation
of QNX.  Please give me a few days to prepare it for transmission, and
be advised that it is a very top-level review and may not be as useful
as you think.

-->Frank -- could you send me info on how to obtain a copy of your book?

...Thanks.

Terry Gauchat
MicroCosmic Computer Services.