Peg II, G4 situation, and QNX port

[gary_c]

A message from bbrv sent to the Phoenix Resellers group (and posted at the Phoenix site), as well as in the MorphOS Shows thread at MorphOS-News.de clarifies the Pegasos II and G4 situation, and also goes into ideas about marketing. It's also mentioned that there's a QNX port in progress for the Pegasos, which is the first time I've heard about that.

-- gary_c

[gary_c]

greenboy wrote:

I checked into the thread because I saw QNX. I'm stoked about getting to see QNX on the Pegasos.

QNX would be a very nice match for Pegasos's small form factor. Looks like a (pleasantly) tough decision will be which OS to use for a given task. You can kind of see a spectrum with QNX at one end (hard realtime), Linux toward the middle (server and other embedded uses, and also desktop), and MorphOS at the other (desktop, but maybe edging toward the center for Genesi's other products). And then there's NetBSD, OpenBeOS, AROS, etc. with their own niches and potential. Some people are going to have a lot of boot options.   :-)

Sorry I didn't remember to mention all that to you, Gary. Oops.

No problem; I've had plenty to think about and do anyway. Finally got my Pegasos wired up last night. (Making the whole thing a family learning experience, I let my son Drew handle some of the small-finger-space tasks.  ;-)  It's neat when small kids want to get into it and there are some things they really can do better than us. :-) (Photo report coming eventually.)

-- gary_c

[gary_c]

I must admit that I'm baffled by your conclusion regarding the existing applications for QNX and how that lends itself well to a mass market environment.

I think you and greenboy are actually on the same page here. When he says 'developers,' I don't think he's necessarily talking about the mass market. I believe his point is that QNX on Pegasos may open up some opportunities in vertical niches, embedded applications, etc. specifically because these don't require the broad effort that succeeding in the mass market does. It's developers in these areas that may see some opportunities. If a specific need can be identified and a QNX/Pegasos solution provided, then it's a simpler task to handle things like hardware support, enduser support, sales, etc., since it's a closed system. I don't know if QNX/Pegasos complements or competes with Genesi's existing non-desktop products (POS and video, IIRC), but overall having QNX available would have to be a plus.

-- gary_c