MarCom Maven

The New York Times has more of a sense of humor than I thought.   I was bemused to see the headline, ""Microsoft and Ford Combine Products." It is a set up for a classic joke – Q. Why doesn't Microsoft make cars? A. Because no one wants a car that crashes once a day. 

Well, may be people do.  This marriage of the makers of the Pinto, a classic crashmobile from wayback, and Windows, the classic computer crasher, surely bodes some impending disaster – or at least a very good joke.

Actually, according to The New York Times, Microsoft and Ford are to offer a system called Sync, a voice-activated method for connecting cellphones and media players to a vehicle. The article goes on to state that similar systems are widely available in Japanese and German automobiles. Yeah, but Toyotas and BMWs aren't half as funny as a car named the Ford Focus (or foc-you).