TheBile 0 #1 September 13, 2002 At a computer exposition, 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 cars that got 1,000 miles to the gallon." In response to Bill's coments, GM issue a press release stating, "If General Motors had developed technology like Microsoft, we would all be driving cars with the following characteristics :- For no reason whatsoever, your car would crash twice a day. Every time the lines in the road were repainted, you would have to buy a new car. 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. 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. 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. The oil, water temperature and alternator warning lights would all be replaced by a single "General Protection Fault" warning light. The airbag system would ask "are you sure ?" before deploying. 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. Every time GM introduced a new 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. You'd have to press the 'Start' button to turn the engine off.Gerb I stir feelings in others they themselves don't understand. KA'CHOW ! Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
TEB6363 0 #2 September 13, 2002 I have seen these comments via e-mail before. But they do put some things in prespective... Once the plane takes off, you're gonna have to land - Might as well jump out!! Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
littledebbie000 0 #3 February 10, 2004 I just received these in an email and hadn't seen them before. Sure enough when I checked to make sure I didn't repost, they were already here.... I think it's funny so I'm gonna bump it back to the front! Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites