Microsoft's Car Product In The Wild

2007 may well be remembered as a year that tech and automotive interests came together. Driven by the convergence of tech with automotive features such as iPod docks and GPS units, tech companies wanted a slice of the car market. Apple signed a deal with Mercedes Benz and closer to home Ford started offering cars the included onboard features that were “powered by Microsoft.”

An example of an actual commercial can be found here, but the following comes courtesy of regular TechCrunch commenter Fake Steve Ballmer. Why they’re driving an old LamboFerrari in the clip isn’t made clear, perhaps it was a test unit :-)