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   On 12 Sep 2021, Erich B. said the following...   
       
    Wa> So perhaps Q stands for Quantum?   
      
    EB> Ahhh! So glad that we have Mr. Wikipedia around so we can ask questions   
    EB> when we need to. :-)   
      
   And maybe a further question:  "How did they get from Quantum Software Systems   
   to QNX?"   
      
   Also from the Wikipedia article (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/QNX):   
      
   "Gordon Bell and Dan Dodge, both students at the University of Waterloo in   
   1980, took a course in real-time operating systems, in which the students   
   constructed a basic real-time microkernel and user programs. Both were   
   convinced there was a commercial need for such a system, and moved to the   
   high-tech planned community Kanata, Ontario, to start Quantum Software Systems   
   that year. In 1982, the first version of QUNIX was released for the Intel 8088   
   CPU. In 1984, Quantum Software Systems renamed QUNIX to QNX in an effort to   
   avoid any trademark infringement challenges."   
      
   So their first product was QUNIX later renamed/shortened to QNX to avoid any   
   lawsuits.   
      
      
   Jay   
      
   ... Da trouble wit computers is, dey got no sense of humor.   
      
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