[GeoStL] Re: NGR: Gates vs GM
- From: Mike Lusicic <lusicic@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: geocaching@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Sun, 11 Mar 2007 12:51:45 -0600
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This one changes every time I hear / see it. Check out the history here:
http://www.snopes.com/humor/jokes/autos.asp[1]
JimSGreene@xxxxxxx[2] wrote: - Gates vs. GM For all of us who feel only the
deepest love and affection for the way computers have enhanced our lives,
read on. 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 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
reinstallthe 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
theradio 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.
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