[ale] OT:Isn't this true!

[Rod Young]

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On 06/07/2001, 9:29:37 AM, "Vanessa Blevins" <Vanessa at combiz.net> wrote 
regarding Isn't this true!:


> This speaks to our love/hate relationship with computers and those who
> are
> responsible for our computerized world.

> 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
> 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 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. Only one person at a time could use the car unless you bought "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 and twice as easy to drive-but would run on only five
> percent
> of the roads.

> 7. The oil, water temperature, and alternator warning lights would all be
> replaced by a single "General Protection Fault" warning light.

> 8. New seats would force everyone to have the same sized butt.

> 9. The airbag system would ask "are you sure?" before deploying.

> 10. 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.

> 11. GM would require all car buyers to also purchase a deluxe set of Rand
> McNally road maps (now a GM subsidiary), even though they neither need
> nor
> want them. Attempting to delete this option would immediately cause
> the car's performance to diminish by 50% or more. Moreover, GM would
> become a
> target for investigation by the Justice Dept.

> 12. Every time GM introduced a new car, car buyers would have to learn to
> drive all over again because none of the controls would operate in the
> same
> manner as the old car.

> 13. You'd have to press the "Start" button to turn the engine off.
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