QNX 6.3 Released 61
Lufi2 writes "QNX 6.3 was released on 3 Jun.
New features include accelerated 3D, the Voyager 2 browser which supports HTML 4.01 and XHTML 1.1 now, SCTP (stream control transmission protocol) and packet filtering with NAT! GCC 3.3.1 is also included. If it's not a typo, the Professional version costs $8695/user o_O
Usual QNX NC (non-commercial = free beer) LiveCD is not available on the download area yet (As of 9 Jun)... But it sounds very promising"
You don't have the slightest idea... (Score:5, Informative)
Re:You don't have the slightest idea... (Score:3, Informative)
B3.2 High Risk. Unless QSS has provided its express written consent for each Runtime Component in the Runtime Configuration, the Software may not be, and OEM will ensure that it is not, used in any application in which the failure of the Software could lead to death, personal injury or severe physical or property damage (collectively, "High-Risk Applications"), including but not limited to the operation of nuclear facilities, mass transit systems, aircraft navigation or aircraft communication systems, air traffic control, weapon systems and direct life support machines. QSS expressly disclaims any express or implied warranty or condition of fitness for High-Risk Applications.
Re:You don't have the slightest idea... (Score:5, Informative)
For example, a friend of mine once worked at a UK nuclear power station wher all the machines in the control room ran Solaris on SPARC hardware. It has a similar license clause to QNX. At my old powerstation we used all kids of stuff, from QNX to DOS, Windows 3.11, NT4, Solaris on SPARC, VMS on Microvax... you name it. Once again, it was horses for courses, and the liability was all underwritten by HM Government.
Re:You don't have the slightest idea... (Score:3, Informative)
Stock Linux is neither. I personally know of at least one company [timesys.com] that offers a hard real-time [timesys.com] version of Linux.
ObDisclaimer: yes, I work for TimeSys.
Re:QNX is the bad touch (Score:2, Informative)
Surely you'll concede that QNX 2 is superior to Windows 2?
NC Download Changes (Score:5, Informative)
With 6.3.0 the download version of QNX will actually be our full commerical product, with downloads avaliable for both Windows, Solaris, Linux and Neutrino. After 30 days, these PE (pro edition) versions will turn into what was once the NC edition with the pro features disabled.
I suspect the downloads will be up and ready very soon. You can find more details here:
http://www.qnxzone.com/
Re:QNX is the bad touch (Score:3, Informative)
QNX isn't Linux, our default
It would have been more informative if you had actually said what was broken with g++ rather then saying it was just broken. The only thing that is different from our 2.95.3 g++ vs. say Linux or BSD is that we have exceptions turned OFF by default instead of turned on. So you have to give the command line option for them to be enabled - "-fexceptions" I belive.
Real Time (Score:3, Informative)
Not quite! QNX is a Soft Real Time Operating System - situations that need to fulfill "hard deadlines", for instance a medical monitoring device, will use a Hard Real Time Operating System.
Clicky [msoe.edu]- QNX is Soft Real Time
Clicky [real-time.org]- Different Real Time concepts
Re:I don't get the attraction (Score:5, Informative)
There is nothing given away for "free" either, there is an evaluation that is free - much the same as vmware has a 30 day eval of their product. After that 30 days, Neutrino will fall back into a more limited mode but will remain operational (like it was with NC before 6.3.0).
www.qnx.com [qnx.com]
www.qnxzone.com [qnxzone.com]
www.openqnx.com [openqnx.com]
Some reading to bring you up to speed on things.