Autor: Przemysław Pawełczyk (warpman_at_friko5.onet.pl)
Data: Wed 05 Aug 1998 - 10:22:18 MET DST
Hi,
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I'm not sure of the source of this, but I thought I would send it on.
At a recent computer expo (COMDEX), Bill Gates reportedly compared the
computer industry to the car industry and stated: "If GM had kept up
with
technology like the computer industry has, we would all be driving
twenty-five dollar 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 on the road you would have to
buy
a new car.
3. Occasionally your car would die on the freeway for no reason, and
you
would just accept this, restart and drive on.
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
"Car95"
or "CarNT". But then you would have to buy more seats.
6. Macintosh would make a car that was powered by the sun, reliable,
five
times as fast, and twice as easy to drive, but would only run on five
per
cent of the roads.
7. The oil, water temperature and alternator warning lights would be
replaced by a single "general car default" warning light.
8. New seats would force everyone to have the same size butt.
9. The air bag system would say "Are you sure?" before going off.
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 Department.
12. Every time GM introduced a new model 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.
13. You'd press the "start" button to shut off the engine.
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