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Old 05-12-2002, 04:38 PM   #1
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Talking 'Windows' for cars?

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 painted new lines on 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 'CarN T' 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 it would only run on 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. The airbag system would ask, "Are you sure?" before deploying.

9. Occasionally, for no reason whatsoever, you 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 antenna.

10. 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 percent or more. Moreover, GM would
become a major target for investigation by the Justice Department.

11. 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.

12. You'd have to press the "start" button to turn the engine off!

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Old 05-13-2002, 01:22 AM   #2
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Wow. Ihavent seen that in at least 4 years. It's a little different, but basically the same. GREAT story!

Gave me a big smile at a time when I needed it.

Thanks for thinking of me James!

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Old 05-13-2002, 01:30 AM   #3
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Talking hahahah

leave it to SRV.....hahahhahahha.... never at a loss for words....
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Old 05-13-2002, 03:33 AM   #4
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Thats jus too funny, I had to print it out.
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