> Subject: FW: For all the people out there that HATE Microsoft
>
> >
> > GM vs. Microsoft
> >
> > In 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 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. 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 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. New seats would force everyone to have the same sized butt.
> >
> > 9. The airbag system would ask "are you sure?" before deploying.
> >
> > 10. 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.
> >
> > 11. 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% or more. Moreover, GM would become
a
> > target for investigation by the Justice Dept.
> >
> > 12. 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.
> >
> > 13. You'd have to press the "Start" button to turn the engine off.
> >
> >
> >
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> >
>
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