[OT] QNX now free for non-commercial use

[Simon Clubley]

QNX has now become free for non-commercial use (once again):

https://www.theregister.com/2024/11/11/qnx_8_freeware/

I played with it back before it became closed and it was a nice OS, but
you won't catch me investing any time in it today given the stunts pulled
in the past. Once bitten, twice shy, and all that...

However, I thought I would mention it in case anyone here wanted to play
with a microkernel OS.

Simon.

[Subcommandante XDelta]

Just some quasi-para OT, technically ignorant, blue sky kite flying,
observations.

I always thought it was a damn pity that Stromasys did not offer their
CHARON VAX, AXP, and PDP hardware virtualisers to run on the QNX
Neutrino RTOS, I thought it would be a match made in heaven, and spare
VMS the indignity of being hosted by WNT offspring.

It would be nice, but I doubt it would ever happen, if VSI resurrectd
VAXELN, and then rolled their own Hypervisor in Rust - in the spirit
of DECronyms, it could be cslled VMS (Virtual Machine Supervisor), or
for marketing purposes - VRM (Virtualisation Resource Manager)

Both VSI/VMS, and VSI/VRM have a nice ring to them.

On other matters, could not the QNX Hypervisor be considered for
VSI/VMS (the OS)? - Rock solid reliable, brutally efficient, elegant,
minimalist, and spins on a dime?

https://blackberry.qnx.com/en/ultimate-guides/embedded-hypervisor

On Tue, 12 Nov 2024 18:53:29 -0000 (UTC), Simon Clubley

Post by Simon Clubley
https://www.theregister.com/2024/11/11/qnx_8_freeware/
I played with it back before it became closed and it was a nice OS, but
you won't catch me investing any time in it today given the stunts pulled
in the past. Once bitten, twice shy, and all that...
However, I thought I would mention it in case anyone here wanted to play
with a microkernel OS.
Simon.