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To: Jim Bishop who wrote (113543)	4/8/2003 4:52:45 PM
From: StocksDATsoar	Respond to of 150070

Computers > > Better? > 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 $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 repainted the lines in 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. 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 > run on only five percent of the roads. > > 6. The oil, water temperature, and alternator warning lights > would all be replaced by a single "This Car Has Performed An Illegal > Operation" warning light. > > 7. The airbag system would ask "Are you sure?" before > deploying. > > 8. 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. > > 9. Every time a new car was introduced 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. > > 10. You'd have to press the "Start" button to turn the engine > off.