Speaking of Microsoft Works...
Subject: Microsoft Automobiles
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 mi/gal."
Recently General Motors addressed this comment by releasing the
statement "Yes, but would you want your car to crash twice a day?"
1. Every time they repainted the lines on the road you would have
to buy a new car.
2. Occasionally your car would die on the freeway for no reason,
and you would just accept this, restart and drive on.
3. Occasionally, executing a maneuver would cause your car to stop
and fail and you would have to re-install the engine. For some strange
reason, you would accept this too.
4. You could only have one person in the car at a time, unless you
bought Car95" or "CarNT". But then you would have to buy more seats.
5. Macintosh would make a car that was powered by the sun, was reliable, five times as fast, twice as easy to drive, but would only run on five percent of the roads.
6. The Macintosh car owners would get expensive Microsoft upgrades
to their cars, which would make their cars run much slower.
7. The oil, gas 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 airbag system would say "are you sure?" before going off.
10. If you were involved in a crash, you would have no idea what
happened.
11. If you tried to get your car to a mechanic, you'd make a long
distance call, be put on hold for three or four hours, when you finally
got the mechanic, you'd be told how to fix it yourself, and the mechanic
would hang up before you even tried his or her suggestions.
12. Your car's owner's manual would have been written by someone for
whom English clearly was a second language.
Jeff
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