Hybrid Software Model: Partner Quotes

Advantech

David DeMint, Project Manager

“When QNX introduces their hybrid software model, we believe the development community is going to be very excited. With access to QNX Neutrino source code, developers will experience its superior microkernel architecture and proven security and stability. As one of the largest embedded computing manufacturers, we plan to work with QNX to develop BSPs (board support packages) for ETX, COM-Express, and a wide range of SBC systems boards. Participating in the broader QNX community reflects Advantech’s ongoing role as a leader in embedded computing.”

Eclipse Foundation

Mike Milinkovich, Executive Director

“As one of the founding members of Eclipse, QNX as an organization has always been a very active member of our open source community. By embracing the concept of transparent development within their own companies, developers will further benefit from the technology and thought leadership that QNX has for years demonstrated as the head of our CDT Project.”

Extreme Engineering

Bret Farnum, Vice President, Sales

“By bringing the hybrid business model to the embedded market, QNX is combining the best of both the open source and commercial models. For commercial board vendors like Extreme Engineering, this hybrid model will enable us to rapidly bring support of QNX products to our customers. That’s why we’re hosting all of our QNX Board Support Packages (BSPs) on the QNX Bazaar.”

Freescale Semiconductor

Raja Tabet, Director of Solutions and Enablement Technology

“As the demand from OEM customers grows for multimedia solutions, particularly in automotive, consumer networking, and wireless, QNX is a valued partner in many of our processor initiatives. This new hybrid software model will enable Freescale and the multimedia development community to work more closely with QNX and speed the development of high-performance, media-rich systems.”

National Instruments

Greg Crouch, Director of Embedded Business Development

“National Instruments has long been working to lower the barriers of entry to embedded design for a broad base of engineers, scientists, and researchers. With their new hybrid software model, QNX has become much more accessible to this large and diverse group. We are very excited about the future of our partnership in both the commercial and academic spaces.”

NuDesign

Stan Kmiec, President

“In our experience, availability of source code has allowed our customers to optimize implementations of our SNMP and CLI management agent tools and solutions. Gaining similar visibility into QNX's runtime components will not only help customer optimizations but will accelerate our own ability to integrate our products with theirs. This initiative will mesh the know-how and best initiatives of the user community with development programs at both QNX and NuDesign. As a result, I foresee many benefits for our joint customers going forward.”

Renesas Technology Corp

Tsutomu Miki, General Manager,
Automotive Semiconductor Business Unit, MCU business group

“The availability of QNX’s source code will enable developers to harness the power of the QNX Neutrino kernel when bringing the latest innovations built on Renesas platforms to market reliably and cost effectively. By introducing transparent development in a hybrid software model, QNX is fostering an environment that combines the best of commercial and open source software innovation.”