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Open source software is reaching beyond the computer and is now about to emerge onto the automotive scene. A new alliance amongst automakers and technology providers called Genivi is promoting an open source Linux based In-Vehicle-Infotainment (IVI) platform. Genivi will find competition from Microsoft who just released version 4.0 of its own automotive platform. This is the platform that powers Ford’s Sync and Fiat’s Blue & Me systems.
Here is a link to a full article on this topic over on the CarTech Blog.