Mailed in todays "NewsScan Daily" (now all we have to hope for is that they make the right choice and choose Linux as the embedded OS :-) [ ... content removed ...] CAR COMPANIES ADOPT JAVA FOR MULTIMEDIA PLATFORM The Automotive Multimedia Interface Consortium (AMIC) has agreed to use Sun Microsystems' Java software as its standard for in-car multimedia systems, and has appointed Sun and IBM as development partners. Ford, Daimler-Chrysler, General Motors, Renault and Toyota formed AMIC last October in an effort to establish guidelines for hardware and software interfaces, protocols and gateways. AMIC plans to invite other companies to join it, and has already received expressions of interest from BMW, Fiat, Honda, Matsuda, Nissan, Opel, Peugeot Citroen, Volkswagen and Volvo. (EE Times 4 May 99) http://www.techweb.com/wire/story/TWB19990503S0027 [ ... content removed ...] ************************************************************ Copyright 1999. NewsScan Daily (R) is a publication of NewsScan.com., which also produces Innovation Weekly, covering trends, strategies and innovations in business and technology. In addition, we offer customized publications and news services covering specific topics and industries of interest to corporate and not-for-profit client organizations. Contact us if you are interested in obtaining such services. Send all subscription messages to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with either 'subscribe' or 'unsubscribe' in the subject line. Note to organizations: you are welcome to re-post NewsScan Daily on your intranet without charge, PROVIDED that you let us know that you are doing it. We call our news section "Above The Fold" to honor the tradition of the great "broadsheet" newspapers in which editors must decide which news stories are of such importance that they should be placed "above the fold" on the front page ---------------------------------------------------------------------- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
