blankster Posted November 28, 2012 Report Share Posted November 28, 2012 http://www.reuters.com/article/2012/11/28/autoshow-ford-infotainment-idUSL1E8MSAT520121128?feedType=RSS&feedName=cyclicalConsumerGoodsSector&rpc=43 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
spacy73 Posted November 28, 2012 Report Share Posted November 28, 2012 Thanks, very interesting info. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Edgieguy Posted November 28, 2012 Report Share Posted November 28, 2012 Great news. Thanks for sharing. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
joesworld Posted November 28, 2012 Report Share Posted November 28, 2012 Thanks for the link... very interesting and sounds hopeful! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mtbalser Posted November 29, 2012 Report Share Posted November 29, 2012 Thanks! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
omar302 Posted November 29, 2012 Report Share Posted November 29, 2012 Good news, I hoped, but unfortunantly since the article states "Version 3.5", it means its the same update already available at dealers since early November (Version 3.5.1)! So don't get your hopes high, its a little improvement above version 3.2.2! There are already several threads discussing the upgrade. As for warranty, in March 2012 a TSB (CSP-12M01) already extended the warranty to 4 years for Fords & 5 years for Lincolns, so does this extend it a further a one year? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
akirby Posted November 29, 2012 Report Share Posted November 29, 2012 a TSB (CSP-12M01) already extended the warranty to 4 years for Fords & 5 years for Lincolns, so does this extend it a further a one year? 5 = 4 + 1 and 6 = 5 + 1 so yes. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tacyon Posted December 2, 2012 Report Share Posted December 2, 2012 "We're thinking more and more like not only a car company, but a technology company," Fields said during a round table with reporters during the Los Angeles Auto Show." I've been saying that was the problem for a while now. They need to get some "geeks" on the MFT team versus the "gear heads". That design and development team (as well as testers) have to think like software engineers with car knowledge not automobile engineers that now have to work with computer systems. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
akirby Posted December 2, 2012 Report Share Posted December 2, 2012 That design and development team (as well as testers) have to think like software engineers with car knowledge not automobile engineers that now have to work with computer systems. They outsourced all that to professional software engineers for just that reason. They just picked bad ones apparently. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
akirby Posted December 3, 2012 Report Share Posted December 3, 2012 That's easy to do. There are a lot of bad ones out there. At on point, my company went to "rent to own" to try to find good ones instead of going through the expense of hiring them and finding out they weren't what that good. In this case they went with BSquare - a company made up of former Microsoft employees. I'm sure it seemed like a good idea at the time but you can be sure they won't make that mistake next time. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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