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[uiux]

Looks like MB.OS is a rebranding of QNX out of Waterloo uni.

QNX is already in use in all the major car makers vehicles - BMW, Bosch, Continental, Dongfeng Motor, Geely, Ford, Honda, Subaru, Toyota, Volkswagen, Volvo, and more.

So, it looks to me that we've been used by MB in a slimy sort of way.

In fact QNX is an Unix-like, real-time operating system that is embedded in not only cars, but medical devices, machinery, and other devices.So I wonder if BRN will produce drivers for QNX as well as linux?

BlackBerry Unveils Strategic Relaunch of QNX Brand to Reinforce Leadership in Automotive and General Embedded Industries

WATERLOO, CANADA – January 2, 2025 – BlackBerry Limited (NYSE: BB; TSX: BB) today announced a divisional name change and the relaunch of its QNX brand to boost recognition and reinforce its leadership within the automotive and general embedded industries.

www.blackberry.com

Found something all good

Here’s how Mercedes hopes its new OS will give it an advantage

Quicker in-car updates and longer vehicle lifecycles are coming, Mercedes says.

arstechnica.com

 

[Iseki]

"Looks like MB.OS is a rebranding of QNX out of Waterloo uni."




Where is this info from

I think it is a valid question to ask: is MB really writing their own OS or is it a re-branding of an existing OS.
I haven't seen MB answer the question, but I do know that back in the day QNX was the OS for realtime data routing. It's from Waterloo Uni, and a quick google will show that it's already in about 300million vehicles plus medical devices, and lo and behold, the owners of QNX, Blackberry, are suddenly (last month) pushing its public awareness.

I don't have any proof other than the above, which seems to be logical, and if true, might mean that we should understand what it means.

There are people here on this forum who are currently writing AKD1000 drivers for Windows.

What do you think?

 

[Iseki]

Found something all good

Here’s how Mercedes hopes its new OS will give it an advantage

Quicker in-car updates and longer vehicle lifecycles are coming, Mercedes says.

arstechnica.com

Yes, well. As you are probably aware much of the performance saving may be the simple fact that they are running a form of QNX, a micro-kernel OS.

On the one hand MB.OS is just a rebranding of QNX, and so we shouldn't expect too much from them.
On the other hand if MB are smart enough to select QNX, they might be smart enough to select Akida.

Either way the question remains: Why no Akida driver for QNX?

 

[uiux]

Yes, well. As you are probably aware much of the performance saving may be the simple fact that they are running a form of QNX, a micro-kernel OS.

On the one hand MB.OS is just a rebranding of QNX, and so we shouldn't expect too much from them.
On the other hand if MB are smart enough to select QNX, they might be smart enough to select Akida.

Either way the question remains: Why no Akida driver for QNX?

If they have based MB.OS off QNX they would just write their own proprietary driver.


Mercedes are designing MSOCs. They don't need drivers for pcie cards, they will likely be working with chips on their own interfaces

 

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[overpup]

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They don't mention 'loyalty' in the must-haves, so he might be able to get back in...

 

[Iseki]

If they have based MB.OS off QNX they would just write their own proprietary driver.


Mercedes are designing MSOCs. They don't need drivers for pcie cards, they will likely be working with chips on their own interfaces

Yep, Those MSOC's 'll transform your plebean vehicle from thirsty gas guzzler to thrifty gaslighter. Good luck to them! My skyline had a minicomputer, and all MB's had was automatic fuel openers that opened when the level got low. Those feckers use to open all the time.