If Microsoft Built Cars...

Posted by michael on Friday November 28, 2003 @05:15AM from the where-do-you-want-to-go-today dept.

trystanu writes "If Microsoft Built Cars, occasionally your car would just die on the motorway for no reason; you'd accept this, restart and drive on -- at least that was the joke a few years ago. ZDNET reports that Microsoft has persuaded a number of carmakers to use its slimmed-down Windows CE operating system to power a variety of in-car electronics, from navigation systems to music players to information devices. BMW, in particular, has gravitated to Microsoft systems, although the company has announced wins with Honda, Volvo and others as well. Perhaps the recent trapping of Thai dignitaries inside a BMW should be a warning to us all."

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What's compatibility got to do with it? by AzrealAO · 2003-11-28 08:30 · Score: 1, Flamebait

If everyone else can manage to write a printer driver that doesn't send the computer into fits of hysterics, why must it be Microsoft's fault?

Surely there is a possibility that Lexmark has a fucking bug in their driver.

Of course not, this is Slashdot, everyone but Microsoft writes perfect code. All bugs, are either Microsoft's bug, or they hid the specs so people couldn't write compatible code.