GM vs. BILL
GATES
Subject: GM vs. Bill
Gates
For all of us
who feel only the deepest love and affection for the
way computers have enhanced our lives, read on.
At a recent computer
expo, 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 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 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.
Sound familiar?