For those of us who feel the deepest respect for the way computers have enhanced our lives .. .
Bill Gates was recently reported to have compared the computer industry with the motor industry, stating, "If (the motor industry) 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, General Motors issued a press release stating: If GM had developed technology like Microsoft, we would all be driving cars with the following characteristics:
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For no reason whatsoever, your car would crash twice a day. |
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Occasionally your car would die 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. You would simply accept this. |
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Macintosh would make a car that was powered by the sun, five times as fast and twice as easy to drive - but would run on only five per cent of the roads. |
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The airbag system would ask "Are you sure?" before deploying. |
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Your car would sometimes lock you out for no reason and refuse to let you in until you simultaneously lifted the door handle, turned the key and pointed a windscreen-wiper at the moon. |
Thanks to boreme.com
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