On Thu, 24 Oct 2002, Eli Billauer wrote: > Hello All. > > It's quite possible that some of you have seen this one before, but > others will surely enjoy it. > > I suppose that there is nothing more than a joke to this one.
Well, this joke, believe it or not - was a real issue. > > Eli > > ----------------------- > > 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 $25.00 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. > > 10.You'd have to press the "Start" button to turn the engine off. > > > > > > -------------------------------------------------------------------------- > Haifa Linux Club Mailing List (http://www.haifux.org) > To unsub send an empty message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > -------------------------------------------------------------------------- Haifa Linux Club Mailing List (http://www.haifux.org) To unsub send an empty message to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
