got this in an email thought it would be of interest in sunw thread.
Subject: Computers vs Automotive
Author: Cory Ayers at DTT.US.CCG.1
Date: 4/30/99 11:12 AM
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."
General Motors addressed this comment by releasing the following
statements;
1. Yes, but would you want your car to 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 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.
5. 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.
6. 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.
7. The Macintosh car owners would get expensive Microsoft upgrades
to their cars, which would make their cars run much slower.
8. The oil, gas, temperature, and alternator warning lights would be
replaced by a single "general car fault" warning light.
9. New seats would force everyone to have the same size butt.
10. If you were involved in a crash, you would have no idea what
happened. |
