All, This is too good to not pass on... and I believe it is suitable for our list. I got it from a cousin today. Ignore the crack about Macintosh... at least the last part of the line. Mike
Begin forwarded message: > "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: > > ? For no reason whatsoever, your car would crash twice a day. > ? Every time they repainted the lines in the road, 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 "This Car Has Performed An Illegal Operation" > 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 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. > ? You'd have to press the "Start" button to stop the car. " > -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... Name: not available Type: text/enriched Size: 2127 bytes Desc: not available Url : http://www.math.louisville.edu/pipermail/macgroup/attachments/20040826/15c6d8d4/attachment.bin -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://www.math.louisville.edu/pipermail/macgroup/attachments/20040826/15c6d8d4/attachment.html -------------- next part -------------- -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... Name: not available Type: text/enriched Size: 2 bytes Desc: not available Url : http://www.math.louisville.edu/pipermail/macgroup/attachments/20040826/15c6d8d4/attachment-0001.bin
