[PLUG] Fwd: MICROSOFT AND GM

[Eric Jahn]

At a recent computer exposition (COMDEX), Bill Gates reportedly compared the
computer industry with the auto industry and stated, "If General Motors 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, GM issued a press release stating: 

"If General Motors 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 the lines in the road were repainted, 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 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 "General Protection Fault" warning light."

7. "The airbag system would ask "Are you sure?" before deploying."

8. "Occasionally, for no reason whatsoever, your car would lock you outand
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 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."

10. "You'd have to press the "Start" button to turn the engine off."

heres one of my own... 

11.  "you would be unable to change the oil, add wiper fluid or  buy gas
from anything other than a microsoft station.  The under the hood components
are inacessable to the owner!"