TIL the Blackberry brand still exists in this space. Similar to Nokia I suppose, the consumer side no longer exists but the enterprise side is still going.
QNX is now free for anything non-commercial, plus there's an RPi image
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Re: QNX is now free for anything non-commercial, plus there's an RPi image
#2220 years too late but ok.
Agreed, a walled garden is still a walled garden...
Even a $12 SoC is no longer resource constrained with a stripped minimal Linux kernel. QNX missed their launch window decades ago...
Re: QNX is now free for anything non-commercial, plus there's an RPi image
#23I don't want to create an account just to know if it'll work on a pi zero w, will it?
Re: QNX is now free for anything non-commercial, plus there's an RPi image
#24Does it come on a 1.44MB floppy (image)? * http://toastytech.com/guis/qnxdemo.html * https://winworldpc.com/product/qnx/144mb-demo * https://crackberry.com/heres-how-qnx-looked-1999-running-144...
Wait, http://127.1/ In the browser in the crackberry video what the....
127.1 is the same as 127.0.0.1. 0 bytes are inserted based on the following:
x -> 0.0.0.x
x.y -> x.0.0.y
x.y.z -> x.y.0.zRe: QNX is now free for anything non-commercial, plus there's an RPi image
#25I need to know if it comes with Photon microGUI! Please, lord, let it happen...
Photon was dropped years ago. They use a completely new graphics architecture now.
Re: QNX is now free for anything non-commercial, plus there's an RPi image
#26For anyone who (like me) was confused at what this is, it's a Unix like OS for embedded systems. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/QNX
They are the brains of a ton of cars on the market, like all Ford cars. Used for complex calculations like automatic transmissions.
Re: QNX is now free for anything non-commercial, plus there's an RPi image
#27My experience looking at the page as someone who has never heard of QNX:
First there is so much text that wants to tell me how great this software/tooling/resources is, without telling me what exactly it is.
As I still wanted to know what it is, after reading your comment here†, I clicked on the front page https://blackberry.qnx.com/en which has a concise introduction
"Real-Time OS and Software for Embedded Systems
Launch your critical embedded systems faster with our commercial RTOS, hypervisor, development tools and services."
An RTOS for embedded system, aha! That would be valuable information on the QNX Everywhere page. (Real-Time OS / RTOS isn't mentioned once)
Then I found the resources section nearly at the bottom, which has quick start guide, where I can see what I will get when I sign up for a free license and that would be exactly what I (as someone who has no clue what to expect from QNX) would want to see at the top, after a short introduction to what it is and why I want to try it out.
Maybe this page is more intended for people who are already aware of QNX, but if you intend to "catch" new people I really would recommend you to reorder/simplify this page, by putting relevant information (like a short introduction, why I would want to try it and a quick start guide) at the top instead of a wall of marketing text.
† this comment was first under a comment from the author, which now got moved to the HN post text
Re: QNX is now free for anything non-commercial, plus there's an RPi image
#28Does it come on a 1.44MB floppy (image)? * http://toastytech.com/guis/qnxdemo.html * https://winworldpc.com/product/qnx/144mb-demo * https://crackberry.com/heres-how-qnx-looked-1999-running-144...
Wait, http://127.1/ In the browser in the crackberry video what the....
little known fact: you can write shorthand for any ip address. It simply omits 0. Ie 127.0.0.1 (or 127.000.000.001). Try pinging it. `ping 127.1`
10.0.0.3 -> ping 10.3
Re: QNX is now free for anything non-commercial, plus there's an RPi image
#29Does it come on a 1.44MB floppy (image)? * http://toastytech.com/guis/qnxdemo.html * https://winworldpc.com/product/qnx/144mb-demo * https://crackberry.com/heres-how-qnx-looked-1999-running-144...
Wait, http://127.1/ In the browser in the crackberry video what the....
what's the problem, there's a self hosted web server on it.
If you are talking about the short url, well ipv4 allows it and they needed to save space to fit on the floppy ;)
Re: QNX is now free for anything non-commercial, plus there's an RPi image
#30To add some details - the source code for QNX was available from 2007 until the takeover by RIM/Blackberry in 2010. So do you plan to offer access to QNX source code again in the future? https://www.qnx.com/news/pr_2471_1.html
Don't hold me to timelines, but we're definitely headed in the direction of being more open and transparent. We're hearing that this is important to our customers and the community alike. Stay tuned!