Chinasaur
01-17-2002, 11:19 AM
QNX RTOS (Real Time Operating System - http://www.qnx.com) is an alternative operating system intended as a development environment (embedded environments) rather than a desktop OS. Even so, it is a very robust, fast OS that increasing amounts of users are discovering and using (http://www.pbs.org/cringely/pulpit/pulpit20011227.html). QNX is in need of ports for exisiting DC projects. All that exists seems to be the RC5 client.
I don't know the user population for QNX, but I recently heard they had passed the 1Million mark for the download of their OS package that installs into a Windows partition. 1M downloads does not equal 1M users but I would imagine there are at least as many QNX users as Be users and will most likely be more as QSSL is a profitable company.
I don't program but I can contribute to a "tip jar" if that would encourage some kind person to do a port of something. Additionally, if there are some QNX users lurking, we might write to S@H,. F@H or G@H and register interest en masse and see if they take notice.
TIA.
I don't know the user population for QNX, but I recently heard they had passed the 1Million mark for the download of their OS package that installs into a Windows partition. 1M downloads does not equal 1M users but I would imagine there are at least as many QNX users as Be users and will most likely be more as QSSL is a profitable company.
I don't program but I can contribute to a "tip jar" if that would encourage some kind person to do a port of something. Additionally, if there are some QNX users lurking, we might write to S@H,. F@H or G@H and register interest en masse and see if they take notice.
TIA.