RE: [alfa] Automotive reliability

["Brian Shorey" <bshorey@xxxxxxxxx>]

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> How many out there have a computer with some version of 
> Windows? My understanding is Gates stuff is being used 
> extensively in automobiles like the drive-by-wire steering systems.
> 
> Your operating system ever crash? Did the operating system in 
> your '55 Chevy ever crash?
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We've had this discussion before.  I think somebody mentioned that most
aircraft utilize some sort of drive by wire system.

I'm less leery of it now than I was.  I guess you just need to consider
the MTBF of the computer controllers, vs the MTBF of the conventional
linkages.  However the failure modes might be more abrupt with the drive
by wire system..

I seriously doubt Windoze is being used for these kind of systems, given
the hardening they are subjected to.  Most use some sort of real time
OS, afaik.

The Gates stuff in a car would most likely be Windows CS, for the
entertainment systems, etc.

bs
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