From owner-freebsd-hackers Sat Jul 5 00:05:52 1997 Return-Path: Received: (from root@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.5/8.8.5) id AAA25550 for hackers-outgoing; Sat, 5 Jul 1997 00:05:52 -0700 (PDT) Received: from genesis.atrad.adelaide.edu.au (genesis.atrad.adelaide.edu.au [129.127.96.120]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.5/8.8.5) with ESMTP id AAA25544 for ; Sat, 5 Jul 1997 00:05:47 -0700 (PDT) Received: (from msmith@localhost) by genesis.atrad.adelaide.edu.au (8.8.5/8.7.3) id QAA21614; Sat, 5 Jul 1997 16:35:41 +0930 (CST) From: Michael Smith Message-Id: <199707050705.QAA21614@genesis.atrad.adelaide.edu.au> Subject: Re: Fwd: ANNOUNCE: The 1.44 Mbyte Web Challenge (comp.windows.x.apps) In-Reply-To: <19970703230145.53129@pobox.com> from Brian Campbell at "Jul 3, 97 11:01:45 pm" To: brianc@pobox.com (Brian Campbell) Date: Sat, 5 Jul 1997 16:35:41 +0930 (CST) Cc: freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG X-Mailer: ELM [version 2.4ME+ PL28 (25)] MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: owner-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk 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! -- ]] Mike Smith, Software Engineer msmith@gsoft.com.au [[ ]] Genesis Software genesis@gsoft.com.au [[ ]] High-speed data acquisition and (GSM mobile) 0411-222-496 [[ ]] realtime instrument control. (ph) +61-8-8267-3493 [[ ]] Unix hardware collector. "Where are your PEZ?" The Tick [[