937 Member 266 Member For: 18y 7m 23d Posted 10/08/06 06:38 AM Share Posted 10/08/06 06:38 AM Bill Gates & GMFor all of us who feel only the deepest love and affection for theway computers have enhanced our lives, read on. At a recent computerexpo (COMDEX), Bill Gates reportedly compared the computer industrywith the auto industry and stated, "If GM had kept up with technologylike the computer industry has, we would all be driving $25.00 carsthat 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. Youwould have to pull to the side of the road, close all of the windows,shut off the car, restart it, and reopen the windows before you couldcontinue. 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, wasreliable, 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 wouldall be replaced by a single "This Car Has Performed An IllegalOperation" warning light.7. The airbag system would ask "Are you sure?" before deploying.8. Occasionally, for no reason whatsoever, your car would lock youout and refuse to let you in until you simultaneously lifted the doorhandle, turned the key and grabbed hold of the radio antenna.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. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RHR BOOST Moderating Team 5,698 Member For: 21y 5m 21d Gender: Male Location: Southern Highlands NSW Posted 10/08/06 06:42 AM Share Posted 10/08/06 06:42 AM Ha HaFunny come back Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dagabond Bored Member Administrator 35,722 Member For: 22y 3m 12d Gender: Male Location: Dé·jà vu Posted 10/08/06 08:15 AM Share Posted 10/08/06 08:15 AM It's in the joke thread somewhere with a reply from Microsoft. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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