Star Fiat Rolls Out Microsoft-Driven, in-Car 'infotainment'
Linked by Thom Holwerda on Mon 27th Feb 2006 17:49 UTC, submitted by Mystic TaCo
Microsoft "For the past few months, little noticed by the outside world, a team on Microsoft's campus has been running tests with one of the swankiest machines ever to use the company's software. Rather than sitting on a desk, this piece of hardware gets parked in a garage. It's a 2006 Alfa 159, and it represents a new step in Microsoft's effort to spread its technology beyond personal computers." My take: Any petrol-head knows that this is like a match made in heaven-- taking Alfa Romeo's notorious track record concerning reliability into account. Note that this is a joke, so easy on the flames, please. I happen to be a great fan of Alfa Romeo (which self-respecting petrol-head isn't).
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RE: Room for progress
by StephenBeDoper on Tue 28th Feb 2006 00:20 UTC in reply to "Room for progress"
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2005-07-06

"Windows was unable to locate software for the device: Steering Wheel. If your hardware came with a CD, please insert it now."

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RE[2]: Room for progress
by Tyr. on Tue 28th Feb 2006 02:54 in reply to "RE: Room for progress"
Tyr. Member since:
2005-07-06

Here's what the car would say if it were running Linux :-) :

/libexec/ld-elf.so.1: Shared object "libstwheel.so.13" not found, required by "libinftain.so"

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