[Sussex] If Microsoft made cars like GM...

[Gareth Ablett]

Lol, 

I remember those exact words being said ooh no more then 12 months ago 
on this very lug list although thanks to the reminder it still funny.

Gareth Ablett
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: Stuart Nixon [mailto:snixon at rednut.net]
> Sent: 11 June 2003 12:25 pm
> To: sussex at mailman.lug.org.uk
> Subject: [Sussex] If Microsoft made cars like GM...
> 
> This has been around for a while, but it showed up in my inbox today
so
> I thought that I'd share:
> 
> 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 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. 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.
> 
> And.
> 
> 10. You'd have to press the "Start" button to turn the engine off.
> 
> 
> 
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