A friend sent this to me last night. Author unknown.
I thought you all would enjoy the laugh.
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 (and I just love this part): 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.
I love the next one!!!
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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