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The original Ford Sync, which was developed entirely by Microsoft, was great. Ford decided that they would develop their own UI for the next version on top of W
by jaywalk 6y ago
The original Ford Sync, which was developed entirely by Microsoft, was great. Ford decided that they would develop their own UI for the next version on top of Windows Automotive, and it was an absolute mess. They blamed Microsoft, switched the OS to QNX and developed an all new UI, which is still a mess to this day.
I don't think Windows Automotive got a fair shake.
- sanitycheck 6y agoMS made a bad situation worse there - they took over version 2 from the original devs, outsourced maintenance, and pushed back on change requests assuming Ford would let them build V3 from scratch instead of (painfully) improving V2. That, as you know, is not what happened!
- jaywalk 6y agoInteresting! I didn't know Ford brought Microsoft back on board to try and rescue the disastrous v2. No surprise that that it didn't work out, though. If I remember correctly, the UI was Flash and the hardware was vastly underpowered.