From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.4.4 (2020-01-24) on inbox.vuxu.org X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Status: No, score=-0.1 required=5.0 tests=DKIM_INVALID,DKIM_SIGNED, HTML_FONT_LOW_CONTRAST,HTML_IMAGE_ONLY_28,HTML_MESSAGE, MAILING_LIST_MULTI autolearn=ham autolearn_force=no version=3.4.4 Received: (qmail 29212 invoked from network); 12 Dec 2022 16:28:44 -0000 Received: from minnie.tuhs.org (50.116.15.146) by inbox.vuxu.org with ESMTPUTF8; 12 Dec 2022 16:28:44 -0000 Received: from minnie.tuhs.org (localhost [IPv6:::1]) by minnie.tuhs.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 96BF8423DB; Tue, 13 Dec 2022 02:28:22 +1000 (AEST) Received: from mail-vs1-f54.google.com (mail-vs1-f54.google.com [209.85.217.54]) by minnie.tuhs.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 7EA6F423D9 for ; Tue, 13 Dec 2022 02:28:18 +1000 (AEST) Received: by mail-vs1-f54.google.com with SMTP id 128so11738044vsz.12 for ; Mon, 12 Dec 2022 08:28:18 -0800 (PST) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=ccc.com; s=google; h=cc:to:subject:message-id:date:from:in-reply-to:references :mime-version:from:to:cc:subject:date:message-id:reply-to; bh=hQPmCN/Sy6hmiUMH15az6XHOK5JHIrZ+8r9AjVwE4Bc=; b=LBruEEzoQDJMxeTDWw7Kn2x5XDfYtJZfS4vPov1bBLJwcFzUAL5AxaBr/32lgfIJKt DLEIWdiqO+aIE4nq/yfkFGjx0KjCzdtd5fq8ncw/ZrLhRpeu/XW8d67/bENtmfsOnNOV TE/Fwccgpg7GPEvgTW6a0SOMuIVZ80yt+Av3A= X-Google-DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=1e100.net; s=20210112; h=cc:to:subject:message-id:date:from:in-reply-to:references :mime-version:x-gm-message-state:from:to:cc:subject:date:message-id :reply-to; bh=hQPmCN/Sy6hmiUMH15az6XHOK5JHIrZ+8r9AjVwE4Bc=; b=3BnHTNsiJ0ctkGpDVxq+8mkQko6OyOlVJCFUIB7JV25YQRNOHSAyuvceruZdvZQSBt xNGSXU56z3YasVP+s7ieJTkNo4Ct/L7wTHIZsRzy8m5QYWHJdk5j4mnEXrTySHfiidMu bo1q174OSlCz7awpskMQRbFu4FmL1VUPxI1dozuSsafxvbqeYLilBX27Ksdz9T13wwo8 yVzZK2w1bftyDC3tFfILcQTFFFdeHJZU9fU13uAZgDKTQrnlOR3wNoIpXtGYUmcRyAhG bRozO5G/8L1dvtPqQU3MMjLE4BiX6WAakxF3tP3R7FNIHrDhISF+2rKXLn0+A60VFWVh uzjA== X-Gm-Message-State: ANoB5pkoMKgI/7vv8jmgDM+c/A+72BoE7uVqK0XcqqFnhCsXVzVFhnUR qVUBzhvHpzNktTwVQpcmtap+MVv0yZuhQiVAF1waJiuGK0GhPTkS X-Google-Smtp-Source: AA0mqf6V0crLTnq5Nu9WjbdiFfH3TmbQWexFtTeCGLj86wPLsj4qN7/ythRN6ew25XiD3z+70Fmh3PeFWDFEQOfDjSo= X-Received: by 2002:a67:de8b:0:b0:3b2:a92d:a1f0 with SMTP id r11-20020a67de8b000000b003b2a92da1f0mr9146788vsk.46.1670862437513; Mon, 12 Dec 2022 08:27:17 -0800 (PST) MIME-Version: 1.0 References: <20221211200327.GC8801@mcvoy.com> <8F5B431B-3789-42C7-8E34-0B6A417B41CF@iitbombay.org> <20221212033453.GE8801@mcvoy.com> <20221212160403.GI8801@mcvoy.com> In-Reply-To: <20221212160403.GI8801@mcvoy.com> From: Clem Cole Date: Mon, 12 Dec 2022 11:26:51 -0500 Message-ID: To: Larry McVoy Content-Type: multipart/alternative; boundary="0000000000000e920505efa3fa9c" Message-ID-Hash: FYDRSOCUVSYJYPB2SP33PTACWWKCF2ZI X-Message-ID-Hash: FYDRSOCUVSYJYPB2SP33PTACWWKCF2ZI X-MailFrom: clemc@ccc.com X-Mailman-Rule-Misses: dmarc-mitigation; no-senders; approved; emergency; loop; banned-address; member-moderation; header-match-tuhs.tuhs.org-0; nonmember-moderation; administrivia; implicit-dest; max-recipients; max-size; news-moderation; no-subject; digests; suspicious-header CC: tuhs@tuhs.org X-Mailman-Version: 3.3.6b1 Precedence: list Subject: [TUHS] Re: Clever code (was Re: Re: Stdin Redirect in Cu History/Alternatives? List-Id: The Unix Heritage Society mailing list Archived-At: List-Archive: List-Help: List-Owner: List-Post: List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: --0000000000000e920505efa3fa9c Content-Type: text/plain; charset="UTF-8" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable I don't know. I'll try to poke and ask. The engineer I used to work with at the Mill and later Intelligrated has retired (a lot of that with our generation). But I still know some of the execs at the former Intelligrated (now part of Honeywell), so I'll see if I can find out who owns that product these days. If I learn anything interesting, I'll pass it back. FWIW: BB is offering support: i.e.: https://blackberry.qnx.com/en/support claims such, but what does that mean? Clem =E1=90=A7 On Mon, Dec 12, 2022 at 11:04 AM Larry McVoy wrote: > On Mon, Dec 12, 2022 at 10:29:04AM -0500, Clem Cole wrote: > > On Mon, Dec 12, 2022 at 12:27 AM Andrew Warkentin > > wrote: > > > > > And yet, for some reason, QNX has had almost no influence on anything > > > > > Be careful with a statement like that. It's likely running in somethin= g > > in your car. and very likely to be running in something in the last > Boeing > > or Airbus-based flight you took, and it was used when Amazon made the > last > > delivery to you. It has long been popular in process control/material= s > > handling/robotics/fly-by-wire systems. > > > > When a small, very lightweight UNIX-style programming API needed to be > > used, QNX was often a favorite. > > > Thanks for that Clem. One question though, all those companies want > support. Is there anyone still providing support? I see QNX.com is > a thing but is there an actual team of good people working on it? > --0000000000000e920505efa3fa9c Content-Type: text/html; charset="UTF-8" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable
I don't know.=C2=A0 I'll try to poke and ask.= =C2=A0 The engineer I used to work with at the Mill and later Intelligrated= has retired (a lot of that with our generation).=C2=A0 =C2=A0But I still k= now some of the execs at the former Intelligrated (now part of Honeywell), = so I'll see if I can find out who owns that product these days.=C2=A0 I= f I learn anything interesting, I'll pass it back.

FWIW: BB is offering support: i.e.:=C2=A0 =C2=A0https://blackberry.qnx.com/en/support clai= ms such, but what does that mean?

Clem
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On Mon, Dec 12, 2022 at 11:04 AM Larry McVoy <lm@mcvoy.com> wrote:
On Mon, Dec 12, 2022 at 10:29:04AM -05= 00, Clem Cole wrote:
> On Mon, Dec 12, 2022 at 12:27 AM Andrew Warkentin <andreww591@gmail.com>
> wrote:
>
> > And yet, for some reason, QNX has had almost no influence on anyt= hing
> >
> Be careful with a statement like that.=C2=A0 It's likely running i= n something
> in your car. and very likely to be running in something in the last Bo= eing
> or Airbus-based flight you took, and it was used when Amazon made the = last
> delivery to you.=C2=A0 =C2=A0It has long been popular in process contr= ol/materials
> handling/robotics/fly-by-wire systems.
>
> When a small, very lightweight UNIX-style programming API needed to be=
> used, QNX was often a favorite.


Thanks for that Clem.=C2=A0 One question though, all those companies want support.=C2=A0 Is there anyone still providing support?=C2=A0 I see QNX.com= is
a thing but is there an actual team of good people working on it?
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