A Modest Proposal for Toyota: Release the Code! | Linux Today

A Modest Proposal for Toyota: Release the Code!

Written By
Web Webster
Web Webster
Mar 12, 2010

[ Thanks to Vikram
for this link. ]

“That’s great – until things start to go wrong. Why
couldn’t a software bug in the drive-by-wire have caused the sudden
acceleration problems? After all, computers crash all the time.

“So far, Toyota’s response has boiled down to “trust us, its a
mechanical failure.” There is no way to verify this, because the
actual programming – the code that controls the gas pedal as well
as those other nifty features- is a trade secret.”


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Web Webster

Web Webster

Web Webster has more than 20 years of writing and editorial experience in the tech sector. He’s written and edited news, demand generation, user-focused, and thought leadership content for business software solutions, consumer tech, and Linux Today, he edits and writes for a portfolio of tech industry news and analysis websites including webopedia.com, and DatabaseJournal.com.

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