GM's response 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 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 painted new lines on 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. Only one person at a time could use the car unless you bought "CarNT," but then you would have to buy more seats.
6. Macintosh would make a car that was powered by the sun, was reliable, five times as fast and twice as easy to drive -- but it would only run on five percent of the roads.
7. The oil, water temperature and alternator warning lights would all be replaced by a single "general protection fault" warning light.
8. The airbag system would ask, "Are you sure?" before deploying.
9. 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 antenna.
10. 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 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 Department.
11. Every time GM introduced a new car, car buyers would have to learn to drive all over again because none of the controls would operate in the same manner as the old car.
12. You'd have to press the "start" button to turn the engine off.

Can you think of any more?? :p

Hrms..i recall this is from some other site i have been to. But still..it's a good laugh
:D

Wow.... Everyones making fun of M$ :D But all of that stuff is true ;)
<my add-on>
If GM made cars like Micro$oft.....You would need to buy 2 more tires just to start the car
</my add-on>

Good laugh.


how about-

Each day - news stories of new ways thieves can steal your car or break into it would appear forcing you to take it the garage for an upgrade. You would accept this.

Every now and then a semitransport with some version of the unix truckers alliance would pass you and cover your car with mud.

Often a linux mobile would blast by filled with happy good looking people....

You would have to wash your car every day with a product called antivirus xx, you would briefly think it odd for a car to have viruses...

From time to time you would pass a novell netware moving van, going .. somewhere? Odd you less of those now but they seem to run forever....

When you went to the lake or ocean beach you would be annoyed by those with macmobiles - those bright colors and trendy lines would irritate you....


:rolleyes:

You'd have to wake up to "Bugtrag" to see if you want to start the dang thing!

linux cars would be free never crash use 20% less petrol and u would never have to turn them off