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Microsoft vs General Motors

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 painted new lines on 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 manoeuvre 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
”CarNT,“ 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 it would only run on 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. The airbag system would ask, ”Are you sure?“ before deploying.

9. 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 antenna.

10. 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 percent or more. Moreover, GM would become a target for
investigation
by the Justice Department.

11. 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.

12. You'd have to press the ”start" button to turn the system off!