Subj : Re: QNX
To   : Jay Harris
From : Erich B.
Date : Sun Sep 12 2021 10:40:15


> On 12 Sep 2021, Erich B. said the following...

> 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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That’s why they shortened it.

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