Today I got an email from some company called “TESS” (Transfer Embedded
Software Solutions), stating that there will be a conference here in
Holland (Eindhoven) about QRTP this month. Supposedly Dan Dodge is to
give a keynote presentation there. I never heard of TESS. Are they an
official QSSL rep here?
Just to make sure this isn’t some kind of hoax or scheme, I’d like to
know from QSSL if this is true. (Isn’t Dan too busy to come to such a
tiny country? 
Thanks in advance,
rick
Rick,
it’s really interesting that you never heard of your official QNX Rep.
BTW, they are also listed on the QNX homepage.
May be TESS has invited to the Exhibition of the ESCE (Embedded Systems
Conference Europe) in Maasticht Nov. 8-9, too??
AFAIK, you can meet the TESS guys in the QSSL booth.
For 3rd party products have a look to 2102 and 2103
Cheers,
Jutta
Rick Lake wrote:
Today I got an email from some company called “TESS” (Transfer Embedded
Software Solutions), stating that there will be a conference here in
Holland (Eindhoven) about QRTP this month. Supposedly Dan Dodge is to
give a keynote presentation there. I never heard of TESS. Are they an
official QSSL rep here?Just to make sure this isn’t some kind of hoax or scheme, I’d like to
know from QSSL if this is true. (Isn’t Dan too busy to come to such a
tiny country? >Thanks in advance,
rick
Umm… Because you have a bad publicity campaign in Holland?
We’ve been doing business with either Anglia Technology in England (not
a rep anymore) or QSSL HQ directly for years now. I didn’t know that in
the mean time there was a new QNX rep here.
Jutta Steinhoff wrote:
Rick,
it’s really interesting that you never heard of your official QNX Rep.
BTW, they are also listed on the QNX homepage.May be TESS has invited to the Exhibition of the ESCE (Embedded Systems
Conference Europe) in Maasticht Nov. 8-9, too??
AFAIK, you can meet the TESS guys in the QSSL booth.For 3rd party products have a look to 2102 and 2103 >
Cheers,
JuttaRick Lake wrote:
Today I got an email from some company called “TESS” (Transfer Embedded
Software Solutions), stating that there will be a conference here in
Holland (Eindhoven) about QRTP this month. Supposedly Dan Dodge is to
give a keynote presentation there. I never heard of TESS. Are they an
official QSSL rep here?Just to make sure this isn’t some kind of hoax or scheme, I’d like to
know from QSSL if this is true. (Isn’t Dan too busy to come to such a
tiny country? >Thanks in advance,
rick
Previously, Rick Lake wrote in qdn.public.qnxrtp.advocacy:
Today I got an email from some company called “TESS” (Transfer Embedded
Software Solutions), stating that there will be a conference here in
Holland (Eindhoven) about QRTP this month. Supposedly Dan Dodge is to
give a keynote presentation there. I never heard of TESS. Are they an
official QSSL rep here?
LOL, when QRTP is so popular that companies create hoax
QRTP conferences, you’ll know it has “arrived”
Just to make sure this isn’t some kind of hoax or scheme, I’d like to
know from QSSL if this is true. (Isn’t Dan too busy to come to such a
tiny country? >
I think Dan’s policy is that he’s always willing to
visit a country that he can’t purchase outright
I think this is Bill Gates policy also; however, in
Bill Gates case that really does rule out Holland as
a stop
TESS is an authorized distributor of QNX, and is in fact putting on a QNX
seminar on Tuesday 28th November in Eindhoven where Dan Dodge, as well as
other keynotes will be featured. You can register via our website early next
week. There will also be seminars in France, UK, Sweden and Germany in the
same week. You can email info@qnx.com if you require information.
Karen
Rennie Allen wrote:
Previously, Rick Lake wrote in qdn.public.qnxrtp.advocacy:
Today I got an email from some company called “TESS” (Transfer Embedded
Software Solutions), stating that there will be a conference here in
Holland (Eindhoven) about QRTP this month. Supposedly Dan Dodge is to
give a keynote presentation there. I never heard of TESS. Are they an
official QSSL rep here?LOL, when QRTP is so popular that companies create hoax
QRTP conferences, you’ll know it has “arrived” >Just to make sure this isn’t some kind of hoax or scheme, I’d like to
know from QSSL if this is true. (Isn’t Dan too busy to come to such a
tiny country? >I think Dan’s policy is that he’s always willing to
visit a country that he can’t purchase outright >I think this is Bill Gates policy also; however, in
Bill Gates case that really does rule out Holland as
a stop >
My apologies. I’m really sorry if I displayed too much dought about the
authenticity of your rep. Absolutely no offense intended. It’s just that
I’ve been receiving all kinds of SPAM lately, telling me things like
“how to make money fast”, or “how to find out anything about anybody
now”, or other topics not worth mentioning in these decent newsgroups.
Enough to make you over-suspicious. (Hence my fake email address in the
newsgroups.)
And, might I add, I’m very honored that Dan Dodge is willing to come
quite here overseas to look us up.
Keep up the good work,
rick
[To reach me, just replace anp.nl after the @ sign.]
Karen O’Connell wrote:
TESS is an authorized distributor of QNX, and is in fact putting on a QNX
seminar on Tuesday 28th November in Eindhoven where Dan Dodge, as well as
other keynotes will be featured. You can register via our website early next
week. There will also be seminars in France, UK, Sweden and Germany in the
same week. You can email > info@qnx.com > if you require information.Karen
Rennie Allen wrote:
Previously, Rick Lake wrote in qdn.public.qnxrtp.advocacy:
Today I got an email from some company called “TESS” (Transfer Embedded
Software Solutions), stating that there will be a conference here in
Holland (Eindhoven) about QRTP this month. Supposedly Dan Dodge is to
give a keynote presentation there. I never heard of TESS. Are they an
official QSSL rep here?LOL, when QRTP is so popular that companies create hoax
QRTP conferences, you’ll know it has “arrived” >Just to make sure this isn’t some kind of hoax or scheme, I’d like to
know from QSSL if this is true. (Isn’t Dan too busy to come to such a
tiny country? >I think Dan’s policy is that he’s always willing to
visit a country that he can’t purchase outright >I think this is Bill Gates policy also; however, in
Bill Gates case that really does rule out Holland as
a stop >
Rick Lake <rwlake@spam.redirected.to.dev.null> wrote:
My apologies. I’m really sorry if I displayed too much dought about the
authenticity of your rep. Absolutely no offense intended. It’s just that
I’ve been receiving all kinds of SPAM lately, telling me things like
“how to make money fast”, or “how to find out anything about anybody
now”, or other topics not worth mentioning in these decent newsgroups.
Enough to make you over-suspicious. (Hence my fake email address in the
newsgroups.)
I have been getting these same ones too, when I try to remove myself, it does
not work. Someone must be hitting these newsgroups for victims…
Chris
And, might I add, I’m very honored that Dan Dodge is willing to come
quite here overseas to look us up.Keep up the good work,
rick
[To reach me, just replace anp.nl after the @ sign.]
Karen O’Connell wrote:
TESS is an authorized distributor of QNX, and is in fact putting on a QNX
seminar on Tuesday 28th November in Eindhoven where Dan Dodge, as well as
other keynotes will be featured. You can register via our website early next
week. There will also be seminars in France, UK, Sweden and Germany in the
same week. You can email > info@qnx.com > if you require information.Karen
Rennie Allen wrote:
Previously, Rick Lake wrote in qdn.public.qnxrtp.advocacy:
Today I got an email from some company called “TESS” (Transfer Embedded
Software Solutions), stating that there will be a conference here in
Holland (Eindhoven) about QRTP this month. Supposedly Dan Dodge is to
give a keynote presentation there. I never heard of TESS. Are they an
official QSSL rep here?LOL, when QRTP is so popular that companies create hoax
QRTP conferences, you’ll know it has “arrived” >Just to make sure this isn’t some kind of hoax or scheme, I’d like to
know from QSSL if this is true. (Isn’t Dan too busy to come to such a
tiny country? >I think Dan’s policy is that he’s always willing to
visit a country that he can’t purchase outright >I think this is Bill Gates policy also; however, in
Bill Gates case that really does rule out Holland as
a stop >
I have been getting these same ones too, when I try to remove myself, it
does
not work. Someone must be hitting these newsgroups for victims…
And, unfortunately, there isn’t a whole lot you can do about it either.
One thing you can try is changing your email address when you post… for
instance, your email address came up as ctravis@qnx.com, which an email
scanner will pick up… try changing it to something like
ctravis@nospam.qnx.com, or ctravis@newjerseydevilssuck.qnx.com. This way,
the email scanners will pick up the incorrect address. However, I’m sure
there must be some sophisticated email scanners out there with the ability
to remove the nospam portion, so be creative.
Chris
And, might I add, I’m very honored that Dan Dodge is willing to come
quite here overseas to look us up.Keep up the good work,
rick
[To reach me, just replace anp.nl after the @ sign.]
Karen O’Connell wrote:
TESS is an authorized distributor of QNX, and is in fact putting on a
QNX
seminar on Tuesday 28th November in Eindhoven where Dan Dodge, as well
as
other keynotes will be featured. You can register via our website
early next
week. There will also be seminars in France, UK, Sweden and Germany in
the
same week. You can email > info@qnx.com > if you require information.Karen
Rennie Allen wrote:
Previously, Rick Lake wrote in qdn.public.qnxrtp.advocacy:
Today I got an email from some company called “TESS” (Transfer
Embedded
Software Solutions), stating that there will be a conference here
in
Holland (Eindhoven) about QRTP this month. Supposedly Dan Dodge is
to
give a keynote presentation there. I never heard of TESS. Are they
an
official QSSL rep here?LOL, when QRTP is so popular that companies create hoax
QRTP conferences, you’ll know it has “arrived” >Just to make sure this isn’t some kind of hoax or scheme, I’d like
to
know from QSSL if this is true. (Isn’t Dan too busy to come to such
a
tiny country? >I think Dan’s policy is that he’s always willing to
visit a country that he can’t purchase outright >I think this is Bill Gates policy also; however, in
Bill Gates case that really does rule out Holland as
a stop >
Gary Dike <gdike@idirect.ca> wrote:
I have been getting these same ones too, when I try to remove myself, it
does
not work. Someone must be hitting these newsgroups for victims…
6 shots…
And, unfortunately, there isn’t a whole lot you can do about it either.
One thing you can try is changing your email address when you post… for
instance, your email address came up as > ctravis@qnx.com> , which an email
scanner will pick up… try changing it to something like
ctravis@nospam.qnx.com> , or > ctravis@newjerseydevilssuck.qnx.com> . This way,
the email scanners will pick up the incorrect address. However, I’m sure
there must be some sophisticated email scanners out there with the ability
to remove the nospam portion, so be creative.
ChrisAnd, might I add, I’m very honored that Dan Dodge is willing to come
quite here overseas to look us up.Keep up the good work,
rick
[To reach me, just replace anp.nl after the @ sign.]
Karen O’Connell wrote:
TESS is an authorized distributor of QNX, and is in fact putting on a
QNX
seminar on Tuesday 28th November in Eindhoven where Dan Dodge, as well
as
other keynotes will be featured. You can register via our website
early next
week. There will also be seminars in France, UK, Sweden and Germany in
the
same week. You can email > info@qnx.com > if you require information.Karen
Rennie Allen wrote:
Previously, Rick Lake wrote in qdn.public.qnxrtp.advocacy:
Today I got an email from some company called “TESS” (Transfer
Embedded
Software Solutions), stating that there will be a conference here
in
Holland (Eindhoven) about QRTP this month. Supposedly Dan Dodge is
to
give a keynote presentation there. I never heard of TESS. Are they
an
official QSSL rep here?LOL, when QRTP is so popular that companies create hoax
QRTP conferences, you’ll know it has “arrived” >Just to make sure this isn’t some kind of hoax or scheme, I’d like
to
know from QSSL if this is true. (Isn’t Dan too busy to come to such
a
tiny country? >I think Dan’s policy is that he’s always willing to
visit a country that he can’t purchase outright >I think this is Bill Gates policy also; however, in
Bill Gates case that really does rule out Holland as
a stop >
Chris Travis <ctravis@qnx.com> wrote in message
news:8uhmtt$dr4$2@nntp.qnx.com…
Gary Dike <> gdike@idirect.ca> > wrote:
I have been getting these same ones too, when I try to remove myself,
it
does
not work. Someone must be hitting these newsgroups for victims…6 shots…
Ack, I offer suggestions and you bring THAT up again?!?!?
I’m just trying to help!
And, unfortunately, there isn’t a whole lot you can do about it either.
One thing you can try is changing your email address when you post…
for
instance, your email address came up as > ctravis@qnx.com> , which an email
scanner will pick up… try changing it to something like
ctravis@nospam.qnx.com> , or > ctravis@newjerseydevilssuck.qnx.com> . This
way,
the email scanners will pick up the incorrect address. However, I’m
sure
there must be some sophisticated email scanners out there with the
ability
to remove the nospam portion, so be creative.
ChrisAnd, might I add, I’m very honored that Dan Dodge is willing to come
quite here overseas to look us up.Keep up the good work,
rick
[To reach me, just replace anp.nl after the @ sign.]
Karen O’Connell wrote:
TESS is an authorized distributor of QNX, and is in fact putting on
a
QNX
seminar on Tuesday 28th November in Eindhoven where Dan Dodge, as
well
as
other keynotes will be featured. You can register via our website
early next
week. There will also be seminars in France, UK, Sweden and Germany
in
the
same week. You can email > info@qnx.com > if you require information.Karen
Rennie Allen wrote:
Previously, Rick Lake wrote in qdn.public.qnxrtp.advocacy:
Today I got an email from some company called “TESS” (Transfer
Embedded
Software Solutions), stating that there will be a conference
here
in
Holland (Eindhoven) about QRTP this month. Supposedly Dan Dodge
is
to
give a keynote presentation there. I never heard of TESS. Are
they
an
official QSSL rep here?LOL, when QRTP is so popular that companies create hoax
QRTP conferences, you’ll know it has “arrived” >Just to make sure this isn’t some kind of hoax or scheme, I’d
like
to
know from QSSL if this is true. (Isn’t Dan too busy to come to
such
a
tiny country? >I think Dan’s policy is that he’s always willing to
visit a country that he can’t purchase outright >I think this is Bill Gates policy also; however, in
Bill Gates case that really does rule out Holland as
a stop >
Hello all,
Today we went to the presentation. Dan Dodge and Paul Kilgour (sorry if
I spelled his name wrong) put on a convincing and knowledgeable show.
Most topics were not new to me, but they really “came to life”. A few
highlights:
The superior architecture, based on the micro kernel and message
passing. Device drivers are just ordinary processes, whereas in
monolithic kernel OS’s this is part of the kernel. This is a very
important advantage for device driver writers. You can design, code,
debug and test your driver like ordinary processes, without having to
reboot the system each time, or accidentally crashing it. On QNX you
don’t have to be a kernel guru to be able to write drivers. Also, the
Qnet network protocol which turns your network into one big virtual
machine, catches your attention. (The QNX4 users among us will recognize
this) One nice consequence of this protocol is that you only need one IP
address to be able to browse from your whole network. (So you don’t
necessarily need NAT to achieve this A grate improvement compared to
QNX4 is that Qnet is based on IP and hence routable through standard IP
networks.
POSIX compliance. Another important factor. This opens up lots of
porting opportunities. If a package uses only POSIX lib functions, all
you need to do is edit the makefile and type “make”. Dan told us a real
life example of a company who had software which needed to be ported to
QNX. Based on experiences with the Windows version of it, they estimated
that QSSL needed to send 6 developers who would need about half a year.
QSSL asked what platforms they supported, and they said Windows and
Linux. QSSL then allocated just one developer for the job, who took the
Linux version and had a QNX port in three days…
Open source without GPL virus. Open source has clear advantages for
developers. You can learn from the code. But you can also debug right
through the libs, which speeds up development. On the other hand QSSL
also benefits from this, because for one the community would find bugs
and report them back. Another benefit is that much more specialized
software will be produced, which QSSL normally would not have the time
and resources to spend on. The absence of GPL is a key factor for OEMs
who want to protect their intellectual property, or if they don’t want
to get tangled in a web of legal issues.
Easy installation. One thing QNX newbies are reluctant to do is
disrupt their hard disk partitioning to try something new. Here’s where
installation of QRTP as a file within another system (Windows) comes in.
Furthermore, the installation can be done in just 3 minutes. Now,
compare that with a sunday afternoon wasted on installing Win98.
Other topics that were also discussed:
There were also technical workshops:
andMost of the topics are known to most of us (including my self) but when
the gurus present them, it appeals much more to you. All in all an
excellent presentation of a very impressive product! Even though you
were preaching to the converted, you still get my full applause and
admiration.
Our job now (besides to continue exploring and porting) is to find
convincing enough factors for our management. Since the main target of
Neutrino is the embeded market, and not desktop systems, we still have a
high hill to climb in that respect. What would REALLY help is the
availability of a broad range of applications and companies supporting
this platform. (“compatible” word processors, databases)
cheers,
rick