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		russfink 7 months ago \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: The Windows Subsystem for Linux is now open source They named it “Forscan?” They really named it that, not thinking it could sound close to something else entirely unrelated?

skyyler 7 months ago | [–]

Surely you don't think the executives at Ford expect us to Power Stroke without FORScan?

bigfatkitten 7 months ago | | [–]

Ford’s own software is called FDRS.

Forscan was developed independently by some Russian gentlemen, probably with plenty of reference to FDRS/IDS internals.

xxpor 7 months ago | [–]

Volkswagen's equivalent is VAG-COM

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