Subj : Re: QNX
To   : Erich B.
From : Jay Harris
Date : Sun Sep 12 2021 12:55:11

On 12 Sep 2021, Erich B. said the following...
 
 Wa> So perhaps Q stands for Quantum?

 EB> Ahhh! So glad that we have Mr. Wikipedia around so we can ask questions
 EB> when we need to. :-)

And maybe a further question:  "How did they get from Quantum Software Systems to QNX?"

Also from the Wikipedia article (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/QNX):

"Gordon Bell and Dan Dodge, both students at the University of Waterloo in
1980, took a course in real-time operating systems, in which the students constructed a basic real-time microkernel and user programs. Both were convinced there was a commercial need for such a system, and moved to the high-tech planned community Kanata, Ontario, to start Quantum Software Systems that year. In 1982, the first version of QUNIX was released for the Intel 8088 CPU. In 1984, Quantum Software Systems renamed QUNIX to QNX in an effort to avoid any trademark infringement challenges."

So their first product was QUNIX later renamed/shortened to QNX to avoid any lawsuits.


Jay

.... Da trouble wit computers is, dey got no sense of humor.

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