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Hello Bob - 

RBS>>> I've heard the same opinion expressed of QNX. AAMOF, I
RBS>>> think I was one of the ones who was saying it... ;-) 

>> When I 'discovered' QNX and read the specs for it I thought
>> it was OS9 all over again then read their price listing and
>> _knew_ it was OS9 all over again. Same greed, same outcome -
>> obscurity. :-\ 

BS> Not exactly... QNX still has a loyal following - NASA, for
BS> one, loves it. Other aerospace folks like it as well - the
BS> debacle of developing the Aegis missile system using MS
BS> NTe(mbedded) was enough to send the Pentagon folks flocking
BS> back to high-priced RTOS vendors such as QNX and VXworks. 

I should have said _relative_ obscurity. Few people I have
mentioned QNX to know anything about it but some recognize the
name (not unlike OBERON). ;-) 

BS> Still, I notice that one company I used to work for has
BS> ported their SCADA system from QNX to Linux. 

I wasn't aware NASA used QNX. It's a respectable OS, I guess
they did _something_ right lately. ;-) 

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