Microsoft glitch can literally kill you.
 

Another great glitch feature from Microsoft:

http://asia.cnet.com/newstech/system...9130270,00.htm

Except that Microsoft software wasn't involved in that incident in any way, according to the report.

Please tell me you were being sarcastic.

If it was WindowsCE have no doubts. It was Microsofts fault.

WindowsCE tried to reboot the car however the Power stirring was a non compliant external piece of hardware along with just about everything else in the car.

It is a sign that Microsoft wants BMW to start building Plug and play automobiles with no Java cup holder's.

"According to previous reports, BMW recalled 15,000 iDrive-equipped 7-series cars, one of its most luxurious sedans, globally last May and 286 more in Korea two months after. Linux proponents have said that BMW engineers may be turning to embedded Linux as an alternative operating system. "

Of course it wasnt a Windows/M$ Problem, and of course Embedded Linux wont solve it either :Graucho

What would be sick is if you could plug your PDA into your car and control every aspect of it. Use it like a dongle key to prevent the car from being stolen.

AdultNex, can you fucking read?

"BMW has told CNETAsia that an electronic fault caused the problem, <B>rather than a system crash of the car's Windows-based central computer</b>, as other reports have speculated."

No. I didn't know 10 year old BMW's were powered by Windows CE.

"Reports have speculated that the famously glitchy BMW 745i car, and its Windows CE-powered iDrive car computer, may have been the vehicle in the incident.

But when contacted by CNETAsia, a spokeswoman from BMW Thailand said the car at fault was a 10-year old BMW 520i that had suffered a simple electronic failure."