Ford and Microsoft offering Sync connectivity in 2008 models

[Marcel]

Geen Mustang nieuws , maar vondt hem wel grappig

The refreshened 2008 Ford Focus and Five-Hundred will both be rolled out with Bluetooth connectivity next year thanks to a partnership between the Blue Oval and Microsoft.

[efefes]

Tsja, als Microsoft / Bill Gates geen fatsoenlijke besturingssystemen voor computers kunnen maken proberen ze het maar bij auto's. Ik hou mijn hart vast.

Onderstaande illustreert eea wel aardig, General Motors is spot on wat mij betreft:

At a recent computer expo (COMDEX), Bill Gates reportedly compared the computer industry with the auto industry and stated, "If GM had kept up with technology like the computer industry has, we would all be driving twenty-five dollar cars that got 1000 mi/gal."

Recently General Motors addressed this comment by releasing the statement, "Yes, but would you want your car to crash twice a day?"

And...

1. Every time they repainted the lines on the road you would have to buy a new car.

2. Occasionally your car would die on the freeway for no reason, and you would just accept this, restart and drive on.

3. Occasionally, executing a maneuver would cause your car to stop and fail and you would have to re-install the engine. For some strange reason, you would accept this too.

4. You could only have one person in the car at a time, unless you bought "CarNT" or "CarXP". But, then you would have to buy more seats.

5. The oil, gas and alternator warning lights would be replaced by a single "general car default" warning light.

6. New seats would force everyone to have the same size butt.

7. The airbag system would say, "Are you sure?" before going off.

[Marcel]

moet je eens na gaan als de opensource industrie zich ging bezig houden met auto's maken..

moet je zeker zelf het ijzererts aanleveren bij de fabriek??

Hmmm mag wel een ieder zijn eigen ijzererts aanleveren en vooral alles doorelkaar

[Neko-]

Microsoft versus auto's... Ik heb daar nog wel iets van staan....

There are four engineers traveling in a car; a mechanical engineer, a chemical engineer, an electrical engineer and a computer engineer. The car breaks down.

"Sounds to me as if the pistons have seized. We'll have to strip down the engine before we can get the car working again," says the mechanical engineer.

"Well," says the chemical engineer, "it sounded to me as if the fuel might be contaminated. I think we should clear out the fuel system.

"I thought it might be a grounding problem," says the electrical engineer, "or maybe a faulty plug lead."

They all turn to the computer engineer, who had said nothing: "Well, what do you think?"

"Ummm--how about if we all get out of the car and get back in again?"

Of wil je keuze hebben in je besturingssysteem?

MS-DOS: You get in the car and try to remember where you put the keys.

WINDOWS: You get in the car and drive to the store very slowly, because attached to the back of the car is a freight train.

MAC SYSTEM 7: You get in the car to go to the store and the car drives you to church.

UNIX: You get in the car and type GREP STORE. After reaching 2000 mph en route, you arrive at the barber's shop.

WINDOWS NT: You get in the car and write a letter that says 'go to the store'. Then you get out of the car and nail the letter to the dashboard.

TALIGENT/PINK: You walk to the store with Ricardo Montalban who tells you how wonderful it will be when he can fly you to the store in his Learjet.

OS/2: After fuelling up with 6000 gallons of gas you get in the car and drive to the store with a motorcycle escort and a marching band in procession. Halfway there, the car blows up, killing everyone in town.

S/36 SSP: You get in the car and drive to the store. Halfway there you run out of gas. While walking the rest of the way you are run over by kids on mopeds.

AS/400: An attendant kicks you into the car and then drives you to the store where you watch everyone else buy filets mignon.

Zonder gekheid... Ik vind het wel erg ver gaan om zulke mogelijkheden in te bouwen. Je moet in een auto rijden, en niet constant met apparaten bezig zijn.