Java moves, Windows counters in auto market

摘要

Detroit - Java technology, viewed only a few years ago as a laboratory curiosity by sectors of the car market, will grab the spotlight this week at the Society of Automotive Engineers 2002 World Congress and Digital Car Conference here. After three years of testing by the notoriously conservative automotive-engineering community, Java is emerging as the software foundation in multimedia and telematics products ranging from in-car cell phones to navigation systems to CD players, as well as digital radios and "infotainment" systems, engineers say. Increasingly, the Sun Microsystems Inc. programming language is finding a place in vehicle programs at such giants as General Motors, DaimlerChrysler and Audi, and it is believed to be in development at BMW, Ford and others.