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QNX is owned by Blackberry?! Blackberry still exists?
275M cars with QNX, https://roboticsandautomationnews.com/2025/12/19/blackberry-...
AI/robotics, https://qnx.software/en/industries/robotics
I've only ever used QNX in the form of Blackberry products (mostly the Playbook), so I am afraid I don't what the advantages of it would be compared to Linux or something. I know it's a microkernel which is inherently cool to me, but I don't know what else it buys you. Can anyone here give me a high-level overview of why QNX is cool?
It's also really compact. This used to be a great selling point for underpowered car infotainment systems. Some cars had around 1Mb of RAM for their infotainment, yet they were able to run fairly complex media systems.
QNX is also used for non-UI components, just as a good realtime OS.
Marketing looks nice, but why do they make it so hard to build trust? If it's a software focused on developers it's really important to establish trust. The page on https://devblog.qnx.com/about/ does not show what kind of company it is, who is behind it, and where they are located. Should I expect backdoors? Is it an elaborate front by north korea? Who will be able to remotely execute code on this operating system?…
Try disabling content/ad blockers.
Marketing looks nice, but why do they make it so hard to build trust? If it's a software focused on developers it's really important to establish trust. The page on https://devblog.qnx.com/about/ does not show what kind of company it is, who is behind it, and where they are located. Should I expect backdoors? Is it an elaborate front by north korea? Who will be able to remotely execute code on this operating system?…
That said, like IBM and Microsoft, they've also been on and off over the years about whether tinkerers, desktop, and other uses are welcome. So they probably could benefit from showing that this time they're opening the ecosystem for the long haul.
https://www.theglobeandmail.com/investing/markets/stocks/BB-...
Marketing looks nice, but why do they make it so hard to build trust? If it's a software focused on developers it's really important to establish trust. The page on https://devblog.qnx.com/about/ does not show what kind of company it is, who is behind it, and where they are located. Should I expect backdoors? Is it an elaborate front by north korea? Who will be able to remotely execute code on this operating system?…
I'd agree using qnx.software rather than qnx.com is kinda dumb though.
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Photon was what I was hoping for before I clicked the link. One of my favourite GUIs, closely tied with CDE. Photon or not, I hated the period where they sort of moved to canned BSP deployment only, where in 6.5 I could just develop on a live system. This is nice.
> One of my favourite GUIs, closely tied with CDE. In case you're not aware: CDE is still around, open source, and runs on modern unix-likes.
Marketing looks nice, but why do they make it so hard to build trust? If it's a software focused on developers it's really important to establish trust. The page on https://devblog.qnx.com/about/ does not show what kind of company it is, who is behind it, and where they are located. Should I expect backdoors? Is it an elaborate front by north korea? Who will be able to remotely execute code on this operating system?…
> black screen Try disabling content/ad blockers.
Marketing looks nice, but why do they make it so hard to build trust? If it's a software focused on developers it's really important to establish trust. The page on https://devblog.qnx.com/about/ does not show what kind of company it is, who is behind it, and where they are located. Should I expect backdoors? Is it an elaborate front by north korea? Who will be able to remotely execute code on this operating system?…
People in the industry would know that QNX has been around since the 90s (or 80s?) as a very solid embedded GUI platform. They're a company that doesn't need to prove their credentials. I'd agree using qnx.software rather than qnx.com is kinda dumb though.