I think that's pure ass-covering. The reality was they just couldn't deliver a product that wasn't riddled with bugs, leaving the consortium partners scramblin

I think that's pure ass-covering. The reality was they just couldn't deliver a product that wasn't riddled with bugs, leaving the consortium partners scrambling to integrate the OS code with their hardware, and trying to raise hell to fix the situation. All they got from GM was rainbows blown up their *. (I worked for Motorola at the time, see comments elsewhere.)