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Computer vs car industry
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, If we would all be driving $25 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:
l. 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. 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.
5. The oil, water temperature, and alternator warning lights would all be
replaced by a single "General Protection Fault" warning light.
6. The airbag system would ask "are you sure" before deploying.
7. 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.
8. 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.
9. You'd have to press the "Start" button to turn the engine off.
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