MICROSOFT CARS - AND THEY CRASH!

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I was speaking of it being BS in the sense of being related to Microsoft's SYNC technology, as the Poster's subject line so references. Perhaps I didn't properly differentiate that.

Its obvious that the recalls are occurring, and it's obvious that its being blamed on A software problem, just not related to Microsoft. Just trying to clarify that, that's all.

So in that sense, yes, it is BS!

The real BS is that the news reported it as a problem with the pedals themselves
for weeks after the Toyota engineers identified it as a software problem. The
Lexus was advertising a hard drive. A few years ago someone advertised a
VISTA car but that was before they accepted or realized the "failure" status of
the VISTA OS, which is well known to geeks. I don't know what convinced anyone
to buy it other than MSFT not selling XP any more (thus XP not an option) but
that end was delayed for two years while people avoided buying it, and it is
well known that they started it over in the middle also.

I am not going to insist that ETCS-i runs on Windows or MSauto or CE, but
only that the cars do run some of that stuff, and because of the virus and
BSoD curse of Windows, any thing that malfunctions AND runs Windows
doesn't glorify MSFT in any way. Especially as I said, it is a worn out joke
that because of BSoDs, "Microsoft Cars" as an idea ARE a joke.

I have an I-told-you-so here, since I knew the software problem way
before the news started blaming it on the pedals. But some say and
I won't disagree that Toyota may have been "set up", after all, they
were working on the software problem and then being blamed for
the "pedals" coverup, which implies someone's theory that it is a
plot to sell more GM cars. The software crashes rarely compared
to the amount of cars that have it, and the manual override "patch"
is effective even though it may seem like a constant reminder of
the as yet unknown "bug" that causes the problem. I'd much rather
have a patched Toyota (ETCS-i override) than a Ford Pinto, which
has the exploding gas tank. (that's ancient news) But they are definitely
motivated to find the bug and fix it, because they have a huge recall
and can't sell the defective cars.

My only point is we are being lied to about too many things.
With the wrong information, the wrong decisions are being made.
Anyone could have gotten between the engineers and the TV screen
to push the "pedals" lie, for any money evil reason, and Toyota
seems less likely than GM, the media, the gov, or even MSFT if
they had something to do with it. If your business totally BSoDs,
remember that EULA prevents you from blaming MSFT. Knowing that,
to run a business that way, a BSoD would be all your fault.

http://blip.tv/file/340692

I could not resist.

haha, nice!

ok, so I never said it wasn't a fat, ovebloated, resource hog - lol.

It was a new rework of the core, taken down a path no other OS had been before and a lot of 3rd party developers were'nt ready in writing the drivers/apps. There were a LOT of lessons learned, which is apparent with Windows 7. Though I remember how many media outlets complained about Whistler, err I mean XP, being slow and bloated when it was first released.

You can slow down a car by putting the Shift Lever into Neutral AKA N, because that disengages the engine from the wheels. Every Manual Transmission goes through Neutral when you shift.