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What If GM Was Like Microsoft ??

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 twenty-
five dollar cars that got 1000 miles to the gallon?.

 

In response to Bill's comments, General Motors issued a press release
stating that 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 painted the lines on the road you would have to buy a new
car. 

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 only run on five
percent of the roads. 

New seats would force everyone to have the same size butt. 

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. 

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 them
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 Dept. 

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. 

You'd press the start button to shut off the engine. 

 


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