> > > Subject: Bill Gates vs GM
> > >
> > > 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 cars that get 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. 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 "This Car Has Performed An
> > > Illegal Operation" warning
> > > light.
> > >
> > > 7. The airbag system would ask "Are you sure?"
> > > before deploying.
> > >
> > > 8. 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.
> > >
> > > 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.

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Never again.