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To: Harvey Allen who wrote (19515)	5/20/1998 10:21:00 AM
From: Reginald Middleton	Respond to of 24154

Keith, here is your criticism of MSFT htat you were asking for: >>>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?" >>> > >>> And... > >>> > >>>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.