[mdlug] Interesting information about Windows "7"

[Aaron Kulkis]

Michael Rudas wrote:
> Aaron Kulkis wrote:
>> Michael Corral wrote:
>>> 2008-01-22, Monsieur Aaron Kulkis a ecrit:
>>>> I can't see W7 arriving any time before 2010 at
>>>> the earliest.
> 
>>> It will come loaded with Duke Nukem Forever, and will
>>> be the OS installed in the flying cars that year.
> 
>> No transportation maker is going to open themselves
>> up to THAT kind of liability.
>>
>> All that's needed is one fatality caused by an OS
>> crash...and no jury in the world will give the
>> defendant manufacturer an iota of sympathy, when
>> even the most non-technical people are thoroughly
>> familiar with the words "Blue Screen of Death,"
>> and know exactly what it means.
> 
> Actually, an MS-driven automotive framework has been in place for
> several years -- the BMW "iDrive" system (based on WinCE) -- and it's
> been rife with problems, especially early on.  There has been at least
> one report of the system "rebooting" on the freeway, for example.
> Ford's "SYNC" system appears to be a lot less ambitious and invasive,
> fortunately.  I wonder how the MS EULA differs for these products?
> Microsoft is no more suited for automotive control applications than
> it is for life-support systems...
> 
> Google bmw idrive problems for a laugh.

Germans no less -- the most fanatical society when
it comes to doing things precisely, exactly right,
BY DESIGN.

I can't think of any screw up bigger than designing
an automotive control system on Windows -- I would
sooner use an old Commodore 64 for this purpose.

> 
> ~~ Mikey
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