This message seems to pop up every six months on a regular basis. I wonder if there is any truth to it? I doubt it, but it would be interesting.
On Fri, 2001-09-21 at 11:03, Shannon Roddy wrote: > -----Original Message----- > *From**Subject:* Microsoft Analogy > > 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 $250.00 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 it 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. 9.The > airbag system would ask, "are you sure?" before deploying. > 10. Occasionally, for no reason whatsoever, you 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 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 percent or > more. Moreover, GM would become a target for investigation by the > Justice Department. > 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 have to press the "start" button to turn the engine off. > -- Dustin Puryear <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> http://members.telocity.com/~dpuryear In the beginning the Universe was created. This has been widely regarded as a bad move. - Douglas Adams ================================================ BRLUG - The Baton Rouge Linux User Group Visit http://www.brlug.net for more information. Send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] to change your subscription information. ================================================
