For several decades, enterprise developers had to support one simple platform: computers on desks. Then the smartphone came along and we had to find ways to deliver the data to a smaller, more mobile rectangle. All of these challenges, however, prepare us little for the next big platform to come: the automobile.
General Motors has been one of the largest purveyors of computers for the past decade, as the average car comes equipped with dozens of chips running everything from the fuel injectors to the brakes. These machines, though powerful, have offered little connected to the outside world.
That's changing. Car manufacturers aren’t blind to the fact that the next generation of car owners are more interested in a fast smartphone than a fancy car. The speed and sophistication of the Internet has made poking along in traffic more unbearable. And if cars are going to compete in the coming market, they’ll need to give people access to their music, the news, and much more.
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