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It strikes me as terribly inefficient to house the software on dealerships' servers - not to mention a change management nightmare given the different competenc

It strikes me as terribly inefficient to house the software on dealerships' servers - not to mention a change management nightmare given the different competency levels amongst dealer IT personnel. I'm also curious about the size and scale of all of this. 8,000 developers/engineers isn't that many when you measure that cost against a $3B/year HP deal. But, it seems like it's way more than it needs to be. And, the costs associated with this bloat is going to be absorbed by consumers.

wvenable 12y ago
What's the story with GM creating dealer protection laws? Don't those laws exist to protect dealers from the manufacturers.
- thorntonbf 12y ago
  You're correct. Edited above. Made a mental association equating NADA with the manufacturers and that's inaccurate.
- deeviant 12y ago
  That's how they started(and with a heavy lobbying effort from dealers), but it's lately been used to attack Tesla's business model, which does not use in independent dealers.
  - wvenable 12y ago
    The dealers, I'm sure, are doing more lobbying against Tesla than the other manufacturers.
    - cheriot 12y ago
      They're going to be the face of the lobbying because they're local to legislators being lobbied, but I wouldn't assume that means anything about who pays the bills.
pavel_lishin 12y ago
It sounds like it's done for legal and financial reasons, rather than technological ones.