I see QNX or other real-time OSes continuing their dominance in embedded systems.
This person is just an anti-Microsoft guy. The last thing car manufacturers will want is liability for car crashes due to any non-bulletproof OS failing, and Windows Phone, Apple iOS, and Android just don't make the grade. Heck, Java doesn't, either. When you add the privacy aspects of connectivity with Google/Apple/Microsoft via cell (on the road) or WiFi (at home), it's obvious the author is pulling stuff out of his butt.
Apple is making a lot of inroads in the auto industry. Microsoft had Ford, but their are losing it. My 2009 Ford Taurus has MS Sync. . . and it drives me crazy. A week before New Years, it lost the ability to handle my contacts. . . tell it to call someone from my contacts list and it will come up with the number for ANY ONE except the person I told it to call. . . It's done it before and usually resolved its confusion within a few days. It hasn't so far this time.
Among the automobile companies already announced as picking up Apple are Honda-Acura, Ferrari, Mercedes-Benz, Chevrolet/Opel, Kia, Infiniti, Jaguar, Volvo, Hyundai, Nissan, BMW, Land Rover, Audi, Toyota and Chrysler. So I think you need to re-think your assertions about the safety of Apple's OS.
Car makers and tech companies won't make cars that are connected or self-driving unless and until their liability is limited by law.
So lawsuits and liability simply aren't a factor.
Just as vaccines don't get made unless the makers are insulated against suit.
Correct. When people understand it is security that matters, QNX will be the only choice.