[TUHS] Whither Workstations? (Was Re: Demise of AT&T)

[Cameron Míċeál Tyre via TUHS]

 <stuff at riddermarkfarm.ca> wrote:
>  
>  Everyone forgets about embedded systems.  When I was still noodling,
>  there were several RTOSes that were POSIX-certified (QNX and VxWorks,
>  amongst others).  Of course, these ran on the higher end 32-bit MCUs, of
>  which dozens exist in modern cars.  That medical stuff probably conforms
>  to IEC 62304, regardless of its internals.
>  
>  S.
>  

Ford's Sync 3 and Sync 4 infortainment systems run QNX but there's no hint of the OS to users, just a fairly polished GUI. By contrast, some of the locomotives I work on also run QNX but the entire boot process, starting with the command line, then briefly a General Electric branded GUI is visible, before the end user GUI appears. QNX is available, as a free of charge licenced edition for non-commercial use since January 2024. I read Ford is to replace QNX with Android in coming generations of its Sync system.

Cameron Tyre