Subj : apps that won't go away
To   : Richard Menedetter
From : Erich B.
Date : Sun Sep 12 2021 07:31:26


> Hi Erich!

> 11 Sep 2021 09:33, from Erich B. -> Richard Miles:

> QNX is a hard real-time OS.
> It was/is used for cnc drilling machines, and such, where you have strict
> hard real time requirements.
> It was also used for some ethernet routers and apparently it is the basis for
> a dying Canadian smartphone brand. (did neither know that Blackberry is using
> QNX nor that they still manufacture smartphones. I had the impression that
> they gave up on that and tried to focus on their server products.)

> CU, Ricsi

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I thought the Q stood for something.

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