Microsoft vs GM

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
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 start, in which case you 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 lights would be replaced by a
single "general car fault" warning light.
8.New seats would force everyone to have the same size butt.
9.The airbag system would say "Are you sure?" before going off.
10.Occasionally, for no reason, your car would lock you out and refuse to
let you in until you simultaneously lifted the door handle, turned the key,
and grabbed 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 needed
nor wanted them. Attempting to delete this option would immediately cause
the car's performance to diminish by 50% or more. Moreover, GM would become
the target of investigation by the Justice Department.
12.Every time GM would introduce 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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