GM disses Microsoft (humor)

[WSUCougar]

Passing this along...

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
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. 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 the radio
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.

[heybrad]

This has been around for a long time now.

Not that theres anything wrong with that.

[detroit_fan]

hey, brad

[Bee]

Originally posted by detroit_fan
hey, brad

You exceeded the 1 hour time limit...poor form.

[Mac Howard]

Clearly GM's response was made before XP came out or there would have been an eleventh item:

11 Sometimes turning off the ignition will not stop the car. You need to disconnect the fuel line, reconnect it, start up again when the dashboard will complain "You didn't turn me off correctly", drive the car three times around the block and switch off again. It will then stop correctly, providing it didn't stop on its own as you were circling the block.