Linked by Thom Holwerda on Sun 12th Aug 2007 20:23 UTC
A few years ago, I was an avid QNX user. I used the non-commercial desktop version of this wonderfully clean and elegant pure-microkernel operating system for a long period of time, as a desktop operating system. I liked the whole style of this operating system, its Photon user interface, and its excellent package management system. I even wrote a three-page article about it. Sadly, QSS, the company behind QNX, lost all interest in the non-commercial desktop version, and ditched it, leaving only a hard-to-find 30-day evaluation version alive. Community interest dwindled, and so did mine. Despite my lost interest, it saddened me today to learn that QNXZone.com, a community portal for QNX, has been shut down. Read on for a few short thoughts.
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2005-08-09
sadly is all that remain for me also, i used QNX as my main desktop for about 6 months in i'd GUESS 2002ish
(http://killerstuff.net/ says 2003, but that really dont sound right), i use that as my point of reference, since i used his irc client.
every 4 - 6 months or so i'll re-install my 6.x cd and play with qnx for a day or soo.. just the interface is sooo nice, and everything very simple..
same goes for Be, but at least i have haiku to use now..