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Date:      Sat, 5 Jul 1997 16:35:41 +0930 (CST)
From:      Michael Smith <msmith@atrad.adelaide.edu.au>
To:        brianc@pobox.com (Brian Campbell)
Cc:        freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: Fwd: ANNOUNCE: The 1.44 Mbyte Web Challenge (comp.windows.x.apps)
Message-ID:  <199707050705.QAA21614@genesis.atrad.adelaide.edu.au>
In-Reply-To: <19970703230145.53129@pobox.com> from Brian Campbell at "Jul 3, 97 11:01:45 pm"

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Brian Campbell stands accused of saying:
> > 
> > XFree86 runs on QNX (naturally 8), but you're right, the IAT demo disk
> > uses the Photon MicroGUI, which is a remarkable piece of work.
> 
> hmm ... where can I get XFree for QNX?  Last I heard only Metro-X
> was available.

Ok, rephrase.  "I head that XF86 was running on QNX".  I can't find it, so
I'll have to assume that _is_ blood leaking from my shoes... 8)

> > In fact, the whole thing is an excellent example of what embedded OS'
> > are good for; however, you'll note after using it for a few minutes
> > that you quickly run up against their limitations - you can't _do_
> > much with it!
> 
> You can't do much with embedded OS's or the just the demo?  ;-)

Er, both (sort of 8) For a user expecting a GP OS, an RT OS can be very
disorienting and the user-interface model often feels very cramped.

The QNX demo disk, for example, doesn't have a shell on it.  Shock
horror!

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