At a computer expo,Bill Gates reportedly compared the > computer
industryand stated "If GM had kept with technology like the computer
industry > has,we would all be driving $25.000 cars that got 1,000
miles to the gallon."
In responce to Bill's comment, 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 road.
6. The oil,water temperature,and alternator warning
lights would all be replaced by a single "General Protection
Fault"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 GM introduced a new car,car buyers
would have to learn 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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