QNX!?! - test-drb@ccmp.vtda.org

15 Feb 2001

...
  > > > QNX is also available free, including a
windowing system, networking
  > > > and a development environment. ( for non commercial users )
  > > > Jim Davis. 
Free?  How do I get QNX for free?

...
   > > Yeah, but they nickle & dime you on
every single little utility that  one
...
   > > takes for granted with a real *nix.  Want
grep?  It'll cost you.  vi?
  > > It'll cost you. 
vi?  QNX used to come with ed, which was pretty good.

...
   If you are interested in QNX, check out
http://www.qnxstart.com/. Loads of
  free software and the latest QNX news. 
Okay, I did system and application programming under QNX from '88 to '93, and 
found it to very robust, especially in networking and interprocess 
communication.  Exceptionally fault-tolerant, too.  Impossible to crash the 
kernal without writing code for that specific purpose.  No problem running 
MS-DOS applications, either.

Where can I get it "free?"  Last I heard it was about $400.  I didn't see 
anything at qnxstart.com about a free version, but perhaps I'm blind . . . 
the QNX demo includes a nice web browser and dial-up software, and, as 
expected from Gordon Bell, the mini-os, browser and dial-up fit on a 1.44 MB 
bootable floppy.

How do I get the "free" version?

Glen
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