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

[Novak, Louis (L.M.)]

As I've mentioned before, contrary to what others may have heard from
a friend of a friend, the SYNC system in Ford products is NOT
'controlling
basic automotive functionality'.

It controls the audio system and your bluetooth connected phone.

That's it. 


-- 
Louis Novak  lnovak1 at ford.com   (313)248-6788 
Ford Motor Co., IT Learning & Organizational Development
Eco-Tip: Bottled water is a waste of money and resources. 
Drink tap water from a reusable container instead. 


-----Original Message-----
From: mdlug-bounces at mdlug.org [mailto:mdlug-bounces at mdlug.org] On Behalf
Of Michael Rudas
Sent: Tuesday, January 06, 2009 9:44 PM
To: MDLUG's Main discussion list
Subject: Re: [mdlug] [Microsoft Bashing]Stop the car I need to fix my
radio

--- GIB wrote:

> I know a guy who said when he uses Ford's Sync which uses
> Microsoft software.   It sometimes will drop the bass.  He
> has to stop the car, turn off the key, open then close the door
> and restart the car.  This fixes the bass.
> Someone else said the same procedure is used to fix
> the Bluetooth connection.
> The same guy has one of the Microsoft media players
> (Dune?) that locked up new years day.

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?

~~ Michael Rudas
    My home page: http://MRudas.2Ya.com
    My blog: http://FaveSoft.blogspot.com
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