Ah, this will be fun to watch. I give this about a 3% chance of producing something the end users will actually enjoy using. Hardware manufacturers are general

Ah, this will be fun to watch. I give this about a 3% chance of producing something the end users will actually enjoy using. Hardware manufacturers are generally extremely bad at building software teams. It's against their DNA. Their executive leadership culture tends to actively reject people who are good at leading software teams, nevermind how much they want that sweet UI/software. (Yes, Apple exists and they are a hardware company that's pretty good at software.) Then add a German extremely hierarchical largeco culture to the mix...