Date: Tue, 18 Feb 2003 20:55:37 GMT From: "Fred W." <Fred.Willsnopsamammyrealbox.com> Subject: Re: BMWs keep trying to smoke me!
<davehinznopsamcop.net> wrote in message news:b2u42j$1glhpi$1nopsam34476.news.dfncis.de... > Someone who looks an awful lot like Simon Putz <simon.putznopsamline.de> wrote: > > Hi, > > >> > BMW iDrive in the new 7 series. > >> > >> iDrive. Running Windows to control critical functions of a moving > > vehicle. > > > didnt realize that they are that stupid and run a car control system based > > on a usual operating system. > > Windows CE to be specific. > > > neither windows nor linux nor bsd or whatever were made for that purpose. > > they should have developed their > > own system for that purpose, running windows on my car computer sounds > > really phoney to me > > Well, I can see advantages in using an existing OS, but picking one with > a well-deserved reputation for not being stable is a very surprising > decision, especially from someone like BMW. > > I mean, fuel pump, brake lights, transmission shift control, telephone, > radio, window controls (the glass kind)...all of these things work just > fine when run normally; adding computer control to them is a very > puzzling thing for them to have done. Why, specifically, should the > brake lights be dependant on a computer? That's got to be one of the > most critical safety elements of a vehicle, guys. That's not what i-drive does. It doesn't run the fuel pump or brake lights. It just takes the place of all of the knobs that would normally be on the dashboard (on any intelligently designed car). > > Ahem. Sorry for the rant, it's just so surprising that a company with > a reputation for good engineering would do such a thing. Someone got > blinded by the techie-nifty flashy stuff, and suspended their logical > thinking. I agree. I-drive is an abomination. It has no place in a car. It is counterproductive. It will (eventually) hurt sales and they will remove it. I hope no other manufacturers bother to attempt it.
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