haha very funny..
On Tue, Aug 31, 2010 at 2:26 AM, Vishal Sheth <[email protected]> wrote: > I thought this was worth sharing with this group. This is not a spam. > *General Motors reply to Bill Gates................* > > 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 cars > that got 1000 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 (and I just love this part, > especially the 7th point and 10th point): > > 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 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. (Read as CTR-ALT-DEL) > > 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. > <http://bit.ly/bjtolL> > > > Vishal Sheth > > > -- > IMUG Users website: www.imug.in > -- Akif Patel 922-432-7889 -- IMUG Users website: www.imug.in
