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 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 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. 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 per cent 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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