Having had to do with car executives, especially in Europe, let me tell you... they're a peculiar lot. The older ones confuse their old school pride for busines

Having had to do with car executives, especially in Europe, let me tell you... they're a peculiar lot. The older ones confuse their old school pride for business acumen more often than not, because of survival bias from an era when the two things actually coincided. The younger ones are frustrated by the fact that older upper management is extremely conservative and they're often put down or given toy projects to tinker with. On the other hand, incumbent carmakers might have also seen how Apple was able to turn the carriers' business around by convincing Cingular/AT&T about giving up their control and they don't like the idea of ending up like the carriers, with overarching licensing fees for keeping on using the tech...