[Info-vax] OT: Microsoft success

[Bill Gunshannon]

In article <49d562a1$0$90266$14726298 at news.sunsite.dk>,
	Arne Vajhøj <arne at vajhoej.dk> writes:
> JF Mezei wrote:
>> For a few years now, Ford vehicles in the united states have been
>> equipped with dangerous Microsoft software.
>> 
>> Many here wanted to see this fail.
>> 
>> Unfortunatly, when you look at the current situation, Ford is relatively
>> healthy, while GM and Chrysler are on the brink of extinction.
> 
> I think "not quite as ill" is more correct than "relative healthy".
> 
> And I don't think it has anything to do with their choice of
> OS for in car computer.

And bad programming is not patented feature of MicroSoft.  I have had the
on-board computer on my Chevy Silverado crash.  Luckily not at a time when
it put me in danger.  But it is interesting to watch everything just stop
and you have to wait a couple of minutes before things come back to life.
And, yes, everything is controlled by the on-board computer.

bill

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