Access and Costs
The IMDS system is easily accessed through the internet. The basic browser version of the system is supported by the OEM sponsor's group and provided free of charge to suppliers in the automotive supply chain although larger organizations will want and need to purchase additional services.
There are several vendors that provide inhouse systems that IMDS data can be downloaded into for more detailed analysis. In order to download IMDS data, the purchase of additional services is required.
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Stop up th’ access and passage to remorse,
That no compunctious visitings of nature
Shake my fell purpose.”
—William Shakespeare (1564–1616)
“The Hacker Ethic: Access to computers—and anything which might teach you something about the way the world works—should be unlimited and total.
Always yield to the Hands-On Imperative!
All information should be free.
Mistrust authority—promote decentralization.
Hackers should be judged by their hacking, not bogus criteria such as degrees, age, race, or position.
You can create art and beauty on a computer.
Computers can change your life for the better.”
—Steven Levy, U.S. writer. Hackers, ch. 2, “The Hacker Ethic,” pp. 27-33, Anchor Press, Doubleday (1984)
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—Ralph Waldo Emerson (1803–1882)