[PLUG] Fwd: MICROSOFT AND GM

[Vicki Righettini]

Ouch!  Too true, too true.  I'd never seen this before, btw.  :-)  ~~  V.


----- Original Message -----
From: "Eric Jahn" <ejahn at worksystems.org>
To: <plug at lists.pdxlinux.org>
Sent: Thursday, April 04, 2002 7:32 AM
Subject: [PLUG] Fwd: MICROSOFT AND GM


> 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!"
>
>
>
>
>
>
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