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1. gardnr+rf[view] [source] 2025-12-06 16:24:06
>>LorenD+(OP)
I love lightweight distros. QNX had a "free as in beer" distro that fit on a floppy, with Xwindows and modem drivers. After years of wrangling with Slackware CDs, it was pretty wild to boot into a fully functional system from a floppy.
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2. ddalex+li[view] [source] 2025-12-06 16:46:48
>>gardnr+rf
I never understood how that QNX desktop didn't pick up instanntly, it was amazing !
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3. Joel_M+4p[view] [source] 2025-12-06 17:40:45
>>ddalex+li
Licensing, and QNX missed a consumer launch window by around 17 years.

Some businesses stick with markets they know, as non-retail customer revenue is less volatile. If you enter the consumer markets, there are always 30k irrational competitors (likely with 1000X the capital) that will go bankrupt trying to undercut the market.

It is a decision all CEO must make eventually. Best of luck =3

"The Rules for Rulers: How All Leaders Stay in Power"

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rStL7niR7gs

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