Why I think Blackberry should NOT rebrand QNX as Blackberry.
Lets begin with a quick scenario/conversation between two people under the assumption that QNX has been rebranded to Blackberry --> a Blackberry user and an outsider:
Outsider: "Whoa what phone is that?"
BBuser: "Its a blackberry z10/q10/q5"
Outsider: "What operating system is that sexy phone running?"
BBuser: "oh its a blackberry 10 device running blackberry 10"
Outsider: "Yes, but what operating system is it based on"
BBuser: "Didnt you listen? i said its a blackberry 10 running blackberry 10 which is based on blackberry..."
Think of it like this, you wouldnt sit there and say " The operating system an Apple iphone is running is Apple.." or "The operating system a google/samsung etc phone is running is google" or "its a microsoft laptop running microsoft" or "Its a google chromebook running google" - hence why apple have 'iOS' ,google have "Android and chrome" and Microsoft have "windows".
Also, we know that highly regarded corporations and equipment use QNX such as NASA etc, so how would people feel if NASA begun using 'blackberry' as their operating framework? Yes, as blackberry addicts we would know that its essentially QNX but to the general population this would not look good at all especially because of the general consumers perception of blackberry at the moment.
I also saw a funny comment regarding the reputation of QNX and Blackberry by by forum member kuczco "BlackBerry should be named QNX! It has a much better reputation." which funnily enough is actually true (the reputation part).
I was actually really shocked to see the polling with more members voting to rebrand QNX because if you think about it, its just not logical at all.
"Blackberry 10, powered by QNX" not.. "Blackberry 10, powered by blackberry" lol.
The only advantage of rebranding QNX to Blackberry i can think of is that in the long run, if consumers hear that NASA and other businesses etc are using Blackberry to power important equipment and such, it could actually make Blackberry as a whole look really good and powerful e.g. "christ, NASA use blackberry to power their space equipment, technology and essentially rockets??? i gotta get this phone then!"
This thread is completely my opinion and i welcome rebuttal or support. Lets get discussing.