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Old January 27th 05, 10:56 PM
ted
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BMW's iDrive system is based on Microsoft Windows. And in the future
automotive computerization is only going to be more ubiquitous ... can you
say drive-by-wire. Computers will control steering, acceleration, braking
and ALL other automotive systems.



Now along comes some teenage hacker who reverse engineers these computer
systems and creates the BMW virus. He uploads it to your car as you pass him
on the freeway using the WiFi setup that’s now standard on all new cars. All
of a sudden the computer controlled actuators that manage your car's
steering, acceleration and braking get taken for a ride by this virus.



Microsoft Windows has too poor a track record on security to be used in
motor vehicles.



BMW needs to use an OS that has a more reliable history, such as QNX. QNX is
a great operating system made for embedded, real time applications. You'll
find QNX in routers, you'll find it in medical devices, and you'll find it
in nuclear power plants. QNX is used to guide a laser over someone's eye for
Lasik and other such procedures a thousand times a year without a glitch.



Sorry for the rant.


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