[ Thanks to An Anonymous Reader for
this link. ]
“Q: You’re giving a talk at SCALE 10X on ‘Automotive: The Next
Frontier for Mobile Linux.’ Without tipping your hand on the actual
talk, can you give us an idea of what we might expect?“A: That our current transportation system is unsustainable is
no secret. My message is that now is the time when the Open Source
Community should step up and help address the associated
challenges, as the computing revolution is beginning to reach the
automotive sector in a very real way. Just since I submitted my
SCALE abstract, Toyota, Nissan and BMW gave presentations at the
Automotive Linux Summit, and Ford and General Motors announced that
they will releasing Linux-based Software Development Kits. While
Microsoft Windows Embedded has a significant market share, several
cars running Linux are already shipping in volume.”