[harry8]

It's an inferior implementation of posix that does not display all those wonderful microkernel os benefits. If it did, we'd hardly be using competing OSes that are insecure, unstable, big-ridden etc. etc. I've never heard of a webserver running on QNX with an enhanced security benefit as a result, have you?

[bregma]

I work at QNX. Of course I've heard of webservers running on QNX with enhanced security as a result. I suspect the lack of widespread use of QNX is because it's a costly, commercial, and not marketed toward personal or cloud computing and not due to technical issues. Marketing trumps technical when it comes to purchasing decisions.

[harry8]

Cool this is great information.

There are plenty of cases in the world where security trumps cost by a massive, massive amount. Not sure why you're talking about personal cloud computing, probably not interesting there.

How many licenses have you sold for this? How secure is it? Got any kind of metrics to share there?

In the past every single time I've probed claims about QNX (claims not made by QNX themselves at all, I hasten to add) as the example of delivering on the promise of microkernel OSes they have turned out to be unsubstantiated.

Needless to say if, you can substantiate them that would be utterly fantastic! Also a massive, massive marketing opportunity I would have thought. Link us up!