BMW wants joint effort to develop open-source in-vehicle platform - Automotive News Europe - http://www.autonews.com/article...
Oct 26, 2008
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"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