3/04/2010

30 years of QNX: Are your ears still ringing?

In researching this blog series, which celebrates QNX’s 30th anniversary in the embedded business, it occurred to me that I should find out what else happened the year QNX was founded.

One clear pattern emerged: 1980 was loud. For example:
  • Mount St. Helens erupted
  • AC/DC released Back In Black
  • Iron Maiden released its debut album
  • The Soviet Union held its first rock festival
What about you? Remember anything in particular from that year? Or are your ears still ringing? :-)
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10 comments:

  1. Anonymous3/4/10, 2:40 PM

    and ...
    look at the special link between AC/DC and QNX!
    look at the ex drummer of AC/DC and one of your kernel guys - Mr. C.B. ;-)

    Let there be rock
    /hp

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  2. Phil Green3/5/10, 6:30 AM

    USA hockey's "Miracle on Ice" at Lake Placid Olympics.

    Start of New York Islanders 4 yr lock on the Stanley Cup.

    Steve Howe voted Best Overall Guitarist in Guitar Player magazine's annual Reader's Poll.

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  3. Paul N. Leroux3/5/10, 9:59 AM

    hp, AC/DC has more than one ex-drummer. Which one? :-)

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  4. Paul N. Leroux3/5/10, 10:01 AM

    Phil, I remember spending lots of time listening to Yes back... oh wait, I'm not going to admit going back *that* far...

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  5. Nancy Young3/5/10, 1:01 PM

    I remember dropping out of Pure & Applied Science because I didn't want to spend all my time with geeks ... and look where I am now.

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  6. Paul N. Leroux3/5/10, 1:08 PM

    Well, we're glad to have you, Nancy. But about that attitude...

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  7. Anonymous3/8/10, 3:55 AM

    but there's only one with the same name as one of the kernel guys -> Colin Burgess

    /hp

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  8. Paul N. Leroux3/8/10, 9:20 AM

    hp, I can't believe I didn't pick up on that!

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  9. Colin Burgess3/9/10, 4:02 PM

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  10. Colin Burgess3/9/10, 4:03 PM

    I'll have you know, that I was 7 in 1980 - does playing in a successful rockband at that age make you a prodigy, if it's AC/DC?

    Interestingly, I had an email from an AC/DC fan a while back, asking me if I was the famous Colin Burgess - I contemplated messing with him, but given that it was news to me at the time, I figured I wouldn't be able to keep up the charade for long... :-)

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