RE: Engine Electronics

["Allen Mitchell" <allenom@domain.elided>]

If Microsoft wrote the ECU operating system, would the car ask "Are you
sure you want to turn off the ignition?"  And perhaps the engine would
suddenly quit without warning until you turned it off and restarted it-oh
yeah mine does that ALREADY!

>From: "Brian Shorey" >Reply-To: "Brian Shorey" >To: "John Cecil" , ,
"Alfa Digest" >Subject: RE: Engine Electronics >Date: Tue, 19 Feb 2002
11:24:04 -0500 > > > What you are really forecasting is that the ECU will
morph > > somehow into a GP > > computer, a la a Wintel standard or
equivalent. I don't mean to imply that > > the computer would have an
architecture like a Wintel or Mac or Sun, but > > would be an industry
standard. That is unlikely, IMHO, because the > > manufacturers prefer a
proprietary system, as the system price, and > > therefore profits, can
be sustained at a high level (priced an ECU for a > > high volume US car
lately?). It is somewhat conceivable that a third party > > could do
this, but it would have to be somebody with the deep pockets of > >
MicroSoft, and the manufacturers would get their lawyers out > > subito
to fight > >I don't see why Microsoft wouldn't be very interested in
providing this >function, or why the auto manufacturers would be opposed
to it. > >You're assuming that the only function of the computer in a car
is to >perform tasks related to running the automobile. There are plenty
of other >things for a general purpose computer to do - GPS,
entertainment, etc. > >bs > >-- >to be removed from alfa, see
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