From: Ted DeLoggio on
Rod Pemberton wrote:
> "spinoza1111" <spinoza1111(a)yahoo.com> wrote in message
> news:8e7a446f-d1b3-4566-a9cb-a50dcee719cc(a)s25g2000prd.googlegroups.com...
>> Steve Wozniak has asked if the Toyota failures aren't software.
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> Unlikely...
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> No offense to the brilliant individuals at MS, but if automotive engineers,
> esp. EE's, designed software, it wouldn't crash. Automotive companies
> wouldn't be able to sell any cars if they had the many frequent failures of
> MS Windows. Could you imagine the negative outcomes, the liability, the
> complaints, if an automobile's engine controller software BSODed even once?
>

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> Rod Pemberton
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IMO the differences in environment and size between an ECU and a PC
operating system are sufficient to prohibit meaningful comparison.

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Ted DeLoggio