Even work on the foundations of the Internet very nearly happened in grannies lifetime as work began in the 60's on ARPANET.
Would such a system actually use ARM Linux? The reason I ask is that the ARM processor is commonly used PDAs and therefore has Windows CE (or whatever they call it now).
So I wouldn't be surprised if M$ just renamed it Windows 7 Green Edition and rolled it out for such netbooks. Joe Public would be all oooh it runs powerpoint and word and IE and they'd be happy.
VW does have a trade union, IG Metall, it has over 2 million members and is considered to be Germany's most powerful union.
Just last month strikes organised by IG Metall hit the factories of Audi, Mercedes, Daimler, MAN and Bosch.
I'm sorry but I doubt that the unions are solely to blame for the troubles at Ford, GM and Chrysler.
If you have a procedure with 10 parameters, you probably missed some.