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GM vs MICROSOFT
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 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 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. 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.
"CTRL/ALT/Delete" 
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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