[SGVLUG] FMC

[Stan Slonkosky]

The headline is misleading in the sense that it implies that Microsoft is
getting rid of Windows on the desktop. It appears to me that they only
dumping it for car mobile devices in favor of QNX from Blackberry.

Also, according to http://www.openqnx.com/phpbbforum/viewtopic.php?t=12333

"QNX is not a Linux distribution, normal or otherwise. QNX is POSIX
compliant. That means that much of the programming interface and many of
the utilities are the same. The underlying OS is very different in
structure. There is little compatibility for drivers."


On Mon, Feb 24, 2014 at 9:32 AM, juanslayton @dslextreme.com <
juanslayton at dslextreme.com> wrote:

> Yeah, that link won't help.  Here's the lead-in (from Dow Jones News)
>
> By Mike Ramsey Ford Motor Co. will begin using a Linux-based operating
> system, called QNX, to power its Sync mobile-phone multimedia software
> beginning in 2016, ending its use of Microsoft Corp.'s Windows, an official
> with the car company said.
>
>
> On Mon, Feb 24, 2014 at 9:03 AM, juanslayton @dslextreme.com <
> juanslayton at dslextreme.com> wrote:
>
>> Ford dumps windows, goes to linux
>>
>> https://trading.scottrade.com/quotesresearch/ScottradeResearch.aspx?page=%2fqnr%2fStocks%2fNews
>>
>
>


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Stan Slonkosky
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