"Sharing the workload across client and server offers automotive manufacturers and end-users the best of both worlds, " said Andy Gryc, automotive product marketing manager, QNX Software Systems.

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But does he have the narrative verve to carry this great story through from beginning to end, and the psychological insight to marry the writer's inner and outer worlds?

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