[mdlug] [Microsoft Bashing]Stop the car I need to fix my radio

[Garry Stahl]

Michael Rudas wrote:
> You would think that car makers would learn more from each other—or
> themselves.  BMW's WinCE-based "iDrive" system has been BIG trouble,
> especially at the beginning—in a now-gone video on YouTube, for
> example, it was shown spitting out the key card and flashing all the
> dash lights instead of starting up.
>
> I just can't see ANY MS OS controlling basic automotive functionality.
>  When do BMW or Ford owners sign a EULA?  Let alone one that DOESN'T
> indemnify MS against "crashing" the car?
>   


Never mind ANY OS controlling basic automotive functionality.  All
computers crash, some do it less than others.  The analog system that
control cars work and work well.  I think the very idea of a car OS is a
solution in search of a problem.

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