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laffingone
Port Coquitlam, British Columbia Canada
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| | Microsoft vs GM
Posted: Oct 6, 2008, 3:29 AM NST |
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 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 now and then.
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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