QNX (or /kjuː nɪks/)'s a commercial Unix-like real-time operating system, aimed primarily at the embedded systems market. On September 12, 2007, the source of the QNX kernel was released for non-commercial use. Description As a microkernel-based OS, QNX's based on the idea of running most of the OS in the form of a number of small tasks, known as servers. This differs from the more traditional monolithic kernel, in which the operating system's a single very large program composed of a… (More on Qnx)