[sf-lug] S. F. politics and software policies

[jim]

On Sun, 2009-09-06 at 10:56 -0700, vincent polite wrote:
> 
> Well, it is a Federal program, not SF politics. Do you know how many
> tests are in this program?
JS: nope, just what's in the article. it resonates 
with local stories of windows-centric policies, which 
seems an area about which we should be aware. best i 
could do in short notice. 

> 
> ______________________________________________________________________
> From: jim <jim at well.com>
> To: sf-lug <sf-lug at linuxmafia.com>
> Sent: Sunday, September 6, 2009 10:23:08 AM
> Subject: [sf-lug] S. F. politics and software policies
> 
> 
>           is there something about San Francisco politics that's 
>         not quite fair or open? the snippet below discusses new 
>         traffic management technology available only to windows-based 
>         cell phones. note the S.F. schools and some other public 
>         institutions seem windows-bound, not only internally, but 
>         wrt public access. of course, it might be that the other 
>         institutions involved have done the filtering, per below: 
>         
>         from
> 
> http://www.latimes.com/business/la-fi-cover6-2009sep06,0,6494829.story?page=2&track=rss 
>         
>         [A] major effort is dubbed IntelliDrive. Funded by the federal
>         government and major automobile manufacturers, and overseen
> by 
>         the U.S. Department of Transportation, the program will begin 
>         tests of a traffic warning system in San Francisco next month.
>         
>         Participating drivers will receive signals on their
> cellphones 
>         alerting them to bottlenecks approximately 60 seconds ahead. 
>         The phone will say, "Slow traffic ahead" through its speaker 
>         phone or headset, and a message will appear on its screen.
>         
>         The operators of the program will use traffic information
> from 
>         several existing sources, including Caltrans, and crunch it
> to 
>         provide the real-time warnings. Only cellphones using... 
>         
>                 Windows-based operating <----  systems 
>         
>         ...will be able to download the software to take part in the 
>         test--which leaves out iPhones and BlackBerrys, among others.
>         
>         A video showing how it works is at
>         www.intellidriveusa.org/library/videos.php 
>         The ultimate goal is a dashboard warning system, fed by
> sensors 
>         in cars and along highways, to alert drivers of potential 
>         hazards all around them, including blind spots.
>         
> 
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