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All Things Microsoft => Microsoft as a Company => Topic started by: Zombie9920 on 28 April 2003, 22:41

Title: Microsoft Brings Web Services and Bluetooth to Cars Worldwide
Post by: Zombie9920 on 28 April 2003, 22:41: Leading Telematics Software Platform, Windows Automotive, Launches Amid Global Partner Support With New Features to Enable a Safe Connected In-Car Experience

REDMOND, Wash. -- April 28, 2003 -- Do consumers want hands-free communication, real-time traffic updates and turn-by-turn directions in the car? According to a recent survey, three out of five consumers are on board.* Responding to industry needs, Microsoft Corp. today announced the availability of its fifth-version software platform for automotive suppliers and manufacturers, Windows
Title: Microsoft Brings Web Services and Bluetooth to Cars Worldwide
Post by: KernelPanic on 28 April 2003, 23:41: Hasn't this story already been aroud a while?
Maybe I dreamt it...
Title: Microsoft Brings Web Services and Bluetooth to Cars Worldwide
Post by: theangelofdeath69 on 29 April 2003, 00:47: Oh my god, no. There is NO WAY I would accept directions from an OS so stupid, it doesn't even understand mine.
Title: Microsoft Brings Web Services and Bluetooth to Cars Worldwide
Post by: Fett101 on 29 April 2003, 01:44: quote:
Originally posted by The Angel Of Death BETA 2.0:
Oh my god, no. There is NO WAY I would accept directions from an OS so stupid, it doesn't even understand mine.

That doesn't particularly make sense. Since you say Windows is so stupid it couldn't understand OSX or Linux, I must assume you think an operating system should have some sort of A.I. Whereas OSX, Linux, or Windows would understand each other about as much as they can understand a tuna sandwich.
Title: Microsoft Brings Web Services and Bluetooth to Cars Worldwide
Post by: Laukev7 on 29 April 2003, 01:45: Yay! Now cars will crash two times a day!

Sweet!
Title: Microsoft Brings Web Services and Bluetooth to Cars Worldwide
Post by: xyle_one on 29 April 2003, 21:51: quote:
Originally posted by fett101:

That doesn't particularly make sense. Since you say Windows is so stupid it couldn't understand OSX or Linux, I must assume you think an operating system should have some sort of A.I. Whereas OSX, Linux, or Windows would understand each other about as much as they can understand a tuna sandwich.

um.. what he meant ( i think) was he would not take directions from a computer that is so stupid it cant understand his directions,like commanding windows to open a window, and instead, it crashes and restarts.
i wouldn't trust it either.

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Oh my god, no. There is NO WAY I would accept directions from an OS so stupid, it doesn't even understand mine.
Title: Microsoft Brings Web Services and Bluetooth to Cars Worldwide
Post by: theangelofdeath69 on 29 April 2003, 10:57: He's right, that is what I meant...

And twice is being kind of optimistic, right?
Title: Microsoft Brings Web Services and Bluetooth to Cars Worldwide
Post by: TB on 30 April 2003, 21:41: So I guess this means we're another step closer to the BWOD (Blue Windshield of Death)???

I think I'll stick to my '88 Mitsubishi.
Title: Microsoft Brings Web Services and Bluetooth to Cars Worldwide
Post by: M51DPS on 1 May 2003, 00:14: WHAT A GREAT IDEA! Car just as reliable as there operating system. Won't that be . . . wait a minute, never mind.
Title: Microsoft Brings Web Services and Bluetooth to Cars Worldwide
Post by: jtpenrod on 1 May 2003, 00:31: quote:
REDMOND, Wash. -- April 28, 2003 -- Do consumers want hands-free communication, real-time traffic updates and turn-by-turn directions in the car? According to a recent survey, three out of five consumers are on board.* Responding to industry needs, Microsoft Corp. today announced the availability of its fifth-version software platform for automotive suppliers and manufacturers, Windows
Title: Microsoft Brings Web Services and Bluetooth to Cars Worldwide
Post by: SpeeDFreaK on 1 May 2003, 12:08: I thought that Microsoft would at least go over every inch of the CE kernel before they put it into a car. Maybe they didn't. Anyone ever hear of the problems that BMW 745is have? Auto trunk that won't shut, different radio stations coming on when they shouldn't at FULL VOLUME, the car downshifting to 1st gear on the highway. Y'know, little shit like that that can get someone killed...and if the CE kernel controlling most of the 745i's functions doesn't kill someone, the iDrive interface will. Imagine using a force feedback joystick/wheel hybrid to control the car's AC, radio, and various other functions while you're driving. And they wonder why they see this little 86 MR2 speeding away from them.
Title: Microsoft Brings Web Services and Bluetooth to Cars Worldwide
Post by: Calum on 1 May 2003, 13:40: quote:
Originally posted by MisteR2:
I thought that Microsoft would at least go over every inch of the CE kernel before they put it into a car.

what????????????????
why the fuck did you think that?

and this product will go ahead no matter how many people it kills. for some reason microsoft are god to those who have money and death will not change that.
Title: Microsoft Brings Web Services and Bluetooth to Cars Worldwide
Post by: Faust on 1 May 2003, 18:58: We WANT "turn by turn" directions? A computer telling you "left here, right here" every single second doesn't strike anyone else as quite possibly the most insanely annoying thing ever conceived???

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Title: Microsoft Brings Web Services and Bluetooth to Cars Worldwide
Post by: Faust on 1 May 2003, 18:59: Thank god for the public transportation system.
Title: Microsoft Brings Web Services and Bluetooth to Cars Worldwide
Post by: TheKnifeThrower on 6 May 2003, 00:28: They will start off with giving people directions. Then they will use the computers to actually drive the car for the person.