><<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 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. 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. 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, you 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. > >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 >cars performance to diminish by 50 percent or more. >Moreover, GM >would >become a target for investigation by the Justice >Department. > >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.>> > >- <A HREF="http://www.ctrl.org/">www.ctrl.org</A> DECLARATION & DISCLAIMER ========== CTRL is a discussion & informational exchange list. Proselytizing propagandic screeds are unwelcomed. Substance—not soap-boxing—please! These are sordid matters and 'conspiracy theory'—with its many half-truths, misdirections and outright frauds—is used politically by different groups with major and minor effects spread throughout the spectrum of time and thought. That being said, CTRL gives no endorsement to the validity of posts, and always suggests to readers; be wary of what you read. CTRL gives no credence to Holocaust denial and nazi's need not apply. Let us please be civil and as always, Caveat Lector. ======================================================================== Archives Available at: http://home.ease.lsoft.com/archives/CTRL.html <A HREF="http://home.ease.lsoft.com/archives/ctrl.html">Archives of [EMAIL PROTECTED]</A> http:[EMAIL PROTECTED]/ <A HREF="http:[EMAIL PROTECTED]/">ctrl</A> ======================================================================== To subscribe to Conspiracy Theory Research List[CTRL] send email: SUBSCRIBE CTRL [to:] [EMAIL PROTECTED] To UNsubscribe to Conspiracy Theory Research List[CTRL] send email: SIGNOFF CTRL [to:] [EMAIL PROTECTED] Om
