/. : Open Source Autos Hit the Streets in Spain
amit gupta <[email protected]> Tue, 30 Aug 2005 14:05:52 +0530
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------=_Part_477_32716222.1125390952216 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Content-Disposition: inline *<!-- SNIP -->* **=20 *"BBC News has a story about electrically powered tourist cars<http://192.168.200.100/exchweb/bin/redir.asp?URL=3Dhttp://news.bbc.co.= uk/2/hi/technology/4176126.stm>in Cordoba which provide tourist information in French, English and Spanish as landmarks are passed. The promoter, Alfredo Romeo, calls them Blobjects<http://192.168.200.100/exchweb/bin/redir.asp?URL=3Dhttp://en.wiki= pedia.org/wiki/Blobject>which he heard described in a speech by Bruce Sterling. The car's tourist guide software is open source - Romeo's quoted reason: 'With proprietary=20 software, innovation comes from the people in marketing. But with open=20 source, innovation comes from the guy who is really in the market. It comes= =20 from someone who knows the city.'"*=20 **=20 *<!-- SNIP -->* ------=_Part_477_32716222.1125390952216 Content-Type: text/html; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit <html><body> <div> <div><span class="910305703-30082005"><em><!-- SNIP --></em></span></div> <div><span class="910305703-30082005"><em></em></span> </div></div> <div> <i>"BBC News has a story about <a href="http://192.168.200.100/exchweb/bin/redir.asp?URL=http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/technology/4176126.stm" target="_blank">electrically powered tourist cars</a> in Cordoba which provide tourist information in French, English and Spanish as landmarks are passed. The promoter, Alfredo Romeo, calls them <a href="http://192.168.200.100/exchweb/bin/redir.asp?URL=http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blobject" target="_blank">Blobjects</a> which he heard described in a speech by Bruce Sterling. The car's tourist guide software is open source - Romeo's quoted reason: 'With proprietary software, innovation comes from the people in marketing. But with open source, innovation comes from the guy who is really in the market. It comes from someone who knows the city.'" </i> </div> <div><em></em> </div> <div><span class="910305703-30082005"><em><!-- SNIP --></em></span></div> <!-- |**|begin egp html banner|**| --> <br> <div style="text-align:center; color:#909090; width:500px;"> <hr style="border-bottom:1px; width:500px; text-align:left;"> <tt>YAHOO! GROUPS LINKS</tt> </div> <br> <ul> <tt><li type=square> Visit your group "<a href="http://groups.yahoo.com/group/dygroup">dygroup</a>" on the web.<br> </tt> <tt><li type=square> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to:<br> <a href="mailto:[email protected]?subject=Unsubscribe">[email protected]</a><br> </tt> <tt><li type=square> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to the <a href="http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/">Yahoo! Terms of Service</a>.</tt> </ul> <br> <div style="text-align:center; color:#909090; width:500px;"> <hr style="border-bottom:1px; width:500px; text-align:left;"> </div> </br> <!-- |**|end egp html banner|**| --> </body></html> ------=_Part_477_32716222.1125390952216--