Political Blather

[Luke -Jr]

On Tuesday 23 January 2007 16:10, Phil Thayer wrote:
> By the way,  If you have a car that is any newer than 1990 or so, then you
> already own a whacked down version of Linux.  If you have a new car (less
> than 5 years old) then you probably have about 5 to 10 versions of a whacked
> down version of Linux already.  In fact there are sites on the internet that
> you can search (with the whacked down version of Linux) that will explain
> how to connect to the systems in your car and install RPM's that will change 
> how your car runs to run more powerful or more economically.  Of course
> if you just want to by the chips that contain the whacked down version
> of Linux with those RPM's installed you can look in most car magazines
> and buy them and simply do a chip swap on your car  (I guess we will
> call that a whacked down version of an firmware upgrade.)

Are you implying that cars have chips running some form of Linux?
If so, I think they're late on complying with the license. I know at least my 
car's manual doesn't have an offer for source code, nor did it include any 
digital medium.