In April 2010 RIM bought QNX Software Systems, a maker of operating systems for cars and medical devices.

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"Sharing the workload across client and server offers automotive manufacturers and end-users the best of both worlds, " said Andy Gryc, automotive product marketing manager, QNX Software Systems.

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That's when RIM announced it was buying QNX Software Systems, the company whose operating system would ultimately provide the basis for BlackBerry 10 (and the PlayBook before it).

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