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--- Original Message --- From: Inhabitant of Zion <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: [newbie] Microsoft vs GM >Hope this has not been kicking around for ages: > >Microsoft vs. GM >================ > >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 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. 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. > >-- >John Willby >Registered Linux user number 321644 >MSN: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >ICQ: 92791912 > 13:11:40 up 8 days, 3:55, 3 users, load average: 0.00, 0.00, 0.00
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