BMW wants joint effort to develop open-source in-vehicle platform - Automotive News Europe - http://www.autonews.com/article...
"BMW is developing an open-source platform for vehicle electronics. By taking the open-source approach, rather than using proprietary software, BMW aims to allow providers of infotainment services to develop plug-and-play applications." - Derek Collison
What exactly are "infotainment services" in an automotive context? - ⓞnor
I guess it's just an inclusive term for media, navigation, and communication: DVD, GPS, XM, etc.. - ⓞnor
Let's the passenger look up things like the rules of croquet and the meaning of heteroskedasticity? - j1m