Sunday, November 21, 2010

Linux grabs another automobile platform

The nonprofit organization dedicated to accelerating the growth of the Linux operating system, The Linux Foundation, has announced that a leading developer of open source automotive systems, Pelagicore, is its newest member. The Swedish company is joining The Linux Foundation to collaborate specifically on MeeGo and its In-Vehicle Infotainment (IVI) reference design. IVI is a rapidly growing field that encompasses the digital applications that can be used by all occupants of a vehicle, including navigation, entertainment, location-based services, and connectivity to devices, car networks and broadband networks. According to ABI Research, 20 million drivers in the USA now have in-car video, which is raising consumer expectations for other in-car applications and devices.
Traffic technology

What is going on is that the Open Software Industry is doing the right thing, organizing a reference platform for future obocar technology. A ot of the initial applications are personal table applications associated with travel, one can see that navigation underpins the killer app. The merging of Map technology and Robocar technology is happening quite smoothly.

The second thing to notice is that the adoption of Linux improves Google's position in the robocar technology, they will be at the center of the reference software architecture.

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