Open Source Autos Hit the Streets in Spain

markdowling writes "BBC News has a story about electrically powered tourist cars in Cordoba which provide tourist information in French, English and Spanish as landmarks are passed. The promoter, Alfredo Romeo, calls them Blobjects which he heard described in a speech by Bruce Sterling. The car's tourist guide software is open source - Romeo's quoted reason: 'With proprietary software, innovation comes from the people in marketing. But with open source, innovation comes from the guy who is really in the market. It comes from someone who knows the city.'"

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pun?

[jshaped]

"The promoter, Alfredo Romeo,..."

did anybody else read this as Alfa Romeo?

Worstest word evar!

[Otter]

I've had a series of JE's as new candidates for Worst Word Ever emerge -- I believe that most recently "malternative" knocked off "blogmarklet".

But "blobject" is a simply a horror of Lovecraftian proportions.