At a recent
computer expo (COMDEX), Bill Gates reportedly compared the computer
industry with the auto industry and stated, "If GM had kept
up with the technology like the computer industry has, we would
all be driving $25.00 cars that got 1,000 miles to the gallon".
In response
to Bill's comments, General Motors issued a press release stating:If
GM had developed technology like Microsoft, we would all be driving
cars with the following characteristics:
1. For no
reason whatsoever, your car would crash twice a day.
2. Every time
they repainted the lines in the road, you would have to buy a
new car.
3. Occasionally
your car would die on the freeway for no reason. You would have
to pull over to the side of the road, close all of the windows,
shut off the car, restart it, and reopen the windows before you
could continue. For some reason you would simply accept this.
4. Occasionally,
executing a maneuver such as a left turn would cause your car
to shut down and refuse to restart, in which case you would have
to reinstall the engine.
5. Macintosh
would make a car that was powered by the sun, was reliable, five
times as fast and twice as easy to drive - but would run on only
five percent of the roads.
6. The oil,
water temperature, and alternator warning lights would all be
replaced by a single "This Car Has Performed An Illegal Operation"
warning light.
7. The airbag
system would ask "Are you sure?" before deploying.
8. Occasionally,
for no reason whatsoever, your car would lock you out and refuse
to let you in until you simultaneously lifted the door handle,
turned the key and grabbed hold of the radio antenna.
9. Every time
a new car was introduced car buyers would have to learn how to
drive all over again because none of the controls would operate
in the same manner as the old car.
10.You'd have
to press the "Start" button to turn the engine off.
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