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   > On 12 Sep 2021, Erich B. said the following...   
      
   > 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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   That’s why they shortened it.   
      
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