[Lvlug] Microsoft Car?

[Jen Hess]

I love it! :-)
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Sent: Monday, June 04, 2001 07:55 AM
Subject: [Lvlug] Microsoft Car?


> 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 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. 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 press the "Start" button to shut off the engine.
>
>
> -Linc Fessenden
>
> In The Beginning there was nothing, which exploded - Yeah right...
>
> Calculating in binary code is as easy as 01,10,11.
>
>
>
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