yeah, sadly it worked for a long time for them so why change it? Iām glad Ford knows itās a problem and is willing to change it all. Shows they understand that change is good.They give the impression we're lucky any of this stuff works at all. And to add to it, it looks like this particular strategy of Ford's to farm everything out and not own the IP just to save bucks has backfired spectacularly. Corporate group think.
Being based in Silicon Valley has its advantages as does freedom from legacy bureaucracy.yeah, sadly it worked for a long time for them so why change it? Iām glad Ford knows itās a problem and is willing to change it all. Shows they understand that change is good.
Tesla showed how software should be, we will see what other automakes decide to do now.
Agree with you and A-A-Ron. Outsourcing seat controls and climate controls is far less concerning than outsourcing motor sensor controls, charging and departure preparation controls.As a long time software engineer and manager of software development, sounds like poor management from the legal and engineering departments. whenever we had an outside source write something for us, we owned the code. No permission needed to change the code. Also, Any software outsourced would have exact specs ands API's(application programmer interface) that would enable simple OTA's(look at MS and Apple as examples)