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Date: Sat, 20 Nov 1999 05:59:51 EST
Subject: GM vs MICROSOFT ha ha what a match
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>GM vs. Microsoft
>>
>> > 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 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, 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 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 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. Only one person at a time could use the car
>> > unless you bought "CarNT", but then you would
>> >have to buy more seats.
>> > >
>> > > 6. 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 only run on five percent of the roads.
>> > >
>> > > 7. The oil, water temperature, and alternator
>> > warning lights would all be replaced by a single
>> >"General Protection Fault" warning light.
>> > >
>> > > 8. New seats would force everyone to have the same
>> > sized butt.
>> > >
>> > > 9. The airbag system would ask "Are you sure?"
>> > before deploying.
>> > >
>> > > 10. 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.
>> > >
>> > > 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 need nor want them. Attempting to
>> >delete this option would immediately cause the
>> > car's performance to diminish by 50% or more.
>> > > Moreover, GM would become a target for
>> > investigation by the Justice Dept.
>> > >
>> > > 12. 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.
>> > >
>> > > 13. You'd press the "Start" button to shut off the
>> > engine.
>
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