Introducing the Open Automotive Alliance (openautoalliance.net)

So we're doing Open Handset Alliance 2.0?

Maybe more will be announced at CES, as hinted here: http://www.businessweek.com/articles/2014-01-06/google-teams...

Momentary jubilation followed by 'blah'.

I saw the title and expected something like an alliance working on open source automobiles (e.g., http://wikispeed.org/the-car/).

I was hoping for some kind of better, open interface for engine data & other car systems :(

I was hoping for a collection of designers and engineers working together to make an open, modular, chassis that could be worked upon. Maybe a discussion about best practices for serviceability, ergonomics, performance, cost-efficiencies, etc.

I had about 2 seconds from clicking the link to the page loading to think about that, and I'm feeling pretty let down. I know that the digital systems play a huge role in cars nowadays, but I just can't get excited about this.... yet?

This is the wrong approach. BMW has the right idea here: define an interface that lets a user's smartphone paint a car's built in LCD(s) and receive input from its joysticks. Then the car becomes agnostic to ever changing network, app, and graphics technology.

Just like the "Open" Handset "Alliance"?

I'm interested in if this will improve embedded devices' often-abysmal security record.