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Will Your Next Car Run Windows?

Posted by michael on Thursday October 21, 2004 @04:20AM from the tuneup-and-virus-scan-for-$29.95 dept.

An anonymous reader writes "Microsoft is beginning to move into the automotive industry. Their 'Automotive Business Unit' is selling a custom version of Windows CE called Windows Automotive. Microsoft attended a conference in Detroit this week to promote their software."

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More importantly by spectrum · 2004-10-21 04:23 · Score: 5, Interesting

Do I have to pay the M$ tax on my car.

Can I opt for a -$100 upgrade and use other certain free OSes ?

Answers in order: probably, and probably not.

sigh.

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dave.
Re:Before "If Microsoft made cars..." jokes ensue by Scowler · 2004-10-21 04:41 · Score: 5, Interesting

Imagine if you could simply just IM the car in front of you. Type (or speak, or something) in the license number in your auto IM client, and say "you just cut me off, you !@$^#$^@^%!" Now THAT would be fun....