Re:Apple CarPlay Infotainment System Runs on BlackBerry’s QNX
by mattstocum on Tuesday March 04, 2014 @04:28PM
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And I think that's where the confusion is. CarPlay doesn't "run on" QNX in the sense that QNX is the platform Apple chose to implement CarPlay. It's accurate to say iCloud "runs on" Azure, as the iCloud platform, at least partially, runs on Microsoft's Azure services. The QNX OS implements the car portion of the CarPlay protocol. Other OSes can also implement the car portion. CarPlay is a protocol, not software that runs on anything.
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Re:Apple CarPlay Infotainment System Runs on BlackBerry’s QNX
by protomyth on Tuesday March 04, 2014 @05:12PM
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"CarPlay is a protocol, not software that runs on anything"
Ok, look, CarPlay isn't mystical, its implemented in software than runs on QNX. It might run on other things, the title doesn't say "exclusively", it doesn't say "only". Protocols are implemented in software. Software runs on OSes.
The normal person has no confusion over what the title means. I swear I'm being trolled on this one.
Re:Apple CarPlay Infotainment System Runs on BlackBerry’s QNX
by mattstocum on Tuesday March 04, 2014 @05:54PM
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I'm wondering the same thing...
The author of the article clearly is confused over what's going on.