> >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. Only one person at a time could use the car unless you bought Car NT,
> >but
> then you would have to buy more seats.
> >
> >6. 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.
> >
> >7. The oil, water temperature, and alternator warning lights would all be
> replaced by a single "General Protection Fault" warning light.
> >
> >8. New seats would force everyone to have the same sized butt.
> >
> >9. The airbag system would ask, "are you sure" before deploying.
> >
> >10. Occasionally for no reason whatsoever, your car would lock you out
and
> refuse to let you in until you simultaneously lifted the door handle, and
> turned the key and grabbed hold of the radio antenna.
> >
> >11. GM would require all car buyers to also purchase a deluxe set of Rand
> McNally road maps (now a GM subsidiary), even though they neither need nor
> want them. Attempting to delete this option would immediately cause the
> car's
> performance to diminish by 50% or more. Moreover, GM would become a target
> for investigation by the Justice Dept.
> >
> >12. 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.
> >
> >13. You'd have to press the "Start" button to turn the engine off.
>
>
>
>
>
>
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