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I just found this on a computer forum that I visit occasionally and I got a good chuckle out of it. So I thought that I would share it here with you car crazy folks.....
For all of us who feel only the deepest love and affection
for the way computers have enhanced our lives, read on.
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 cars that got 1000 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.
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.
For all of us who feel only the deepest love and affection
for the way computers have enhanced our lives, read on.
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 cars that got 1000 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.
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.
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