Subject: Microsoft VS General Motors >GM vs. Microsoft > >At a recent computer expo (COMDEX), Bill Gates reportedly compared the >computer industry to the car industry and stated: >"If GM had kept up with technology like the computer industry, we would all >be driving twenty-five dollar cars that get 1000 miles to > the gallon." > >a 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 on the road you would have to buy a >new car. >3. Occasionally your car would die on the freeway for no reason, and you >would just accept this, restart and drive on. >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 "Car95" > or "CarNT". But then you would have to buy more seats. >6. Macintosh & Unix would make a car that was powered by the sun, reliable, >five times as fast, and twice as easy to drive, but would only run on five >percent of the roads. >7. The oil, the water temperature and alternator warning lights would be >replaced by a single "general car default" warning light. >8. New seats would force everyone to have the same size butt. >9. The air bag system would say "Are you sure?" before going off. >10. 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 grab hold of the radio antenna. >11. GM would require all car buyers to also purchase a deluxe set of Rand >McNally road map (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 50% or more. Moreover, GM would become a >target for investigation by the Justice Department. >12. Every time GM introduced a new model 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. >13. You'd press the "start" button to shut off the engine. > * Gunadarma Mailing List ----------------------------------------------- * Archives : http://milis-archives.gunadarma.ac.id * Berhenti : Kirim Email kosong ke [EMAIL PROTECTED] * Administrator: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
