____/ Mark Kent on Thursday 20 March 2008 11:40 : \____
> Roy Schestowitz <newsgroups@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> espoused:
>> ____/ Mark Kent on Thursday 20 March 2008 08:30 : \____
>>
>>> Roy Schestowitz <newsgroups@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> espoused:
>>>> Linux well-positioned in booming telematics market
>>>>
>>>> ,----[ Quote ]
>>>>| In five years, 30 million cars or 44 percent of the global total will
>>>>| ship with telematics devices such as navigation computers, safety
>>>>| systems, and "infotainment" systems, a study claims. The ABI Research
>>>>| report also forecasts a vibrant outlook for after-market telematics
>>>>| devices, where Linux has seen some success.
>>>> `----
>>>>
>>>> http://www.linuxdevices.com/news/NS3110875142.html
>>>>
>>>> There's also this new one:
>>>>
>>>
>>> Linux is inevitable for this environment. Margins in car manufacturing
>>> are tight, BMW are currently reporting 5.59% net margin, so anything
>>> which helps to reduce the cost base is good.
>>>
>>> The use of open platforms always helps to prevent vendor lock-in,
>>> leaving the customer in the postition of owning their own services.
>>> Linux is the perfect OS platform for this.
>>
>> The same could perhaps be said about airplanes. How much would Vista per
>> seat cost and what happens when the WGA server go down again? Or for that
>> matter, try to explain to an officer that you crashed your car after your
>> car's navigation unit crashed. It's not quite a question of just cost.
>>
>
> Virgin Atlantic were busy fitting a Linux-based on-board entertainement
> system, for this very reason. Personally, I'm looking forward to
> getting on a Virgin plane and playing a game of doom :-)
Do IDC and Gartner count airplane seats in their 'precious' (Microsoft-imposed)
definitions of 'market share'?
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