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 cars that
got 1,000 miles to the gallon.'
[FONT=Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif]In response to Bill ' s comments, General Motors issued a press [FONT=Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif]release [/FONT]stating:
If GM had developed technology like Microsoft, we would all [FONT=Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif]be driving cars with the following characteristics (and [FONT=Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif]I [/FONT]just [FONT=Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif]love [/FONT]this part): [/FONT]
1. For no reason whatsoever, your car would crash.........[FONT=Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif]Twice a day. [/FONT]
2.. Every time they repainted the lines in the road, you [FONT=Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif]would have to buy a new car.[/FONT]
3... Occasionally your car would die on the freeway for [FONT=Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif]no reason.[/FONT]
You would have to pull to the side of the road, close all of [FONT=Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif]the windows, shut off the car, restart it, and reopen the windows[/FONT]
before you could continue. For some reason you would [FONT=Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif]simply accept this.
[/FONT]
4. Occasionally, executing a manoeuvre such as a left turn [FONT=Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif]wouldc ause your car to shut down and refuse to restart, in which [FONT=Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif]case [/FONT]you would have to reinstall the engine.[/FONT]
5. Macintosh would make a car that was powered by the sun, [FONT=Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif]was reliable, five times as fast and twice as easy to drive - [FONT=Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif]but [/FONT]would run on only five percent of the roads.[/FONT]
6. The oil, water temperature, and alternator warning [FONT=Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif]lights would all be replaced by a single 'This Car Has[/FONT]
Performed An [FONT=Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif]Illegal Operation' warning light.[/FONT]
I love the next one!!!
7. The airbag system would ask 'Are you sure?' [FONT=Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif]before deploying . [/FONT]
8. Occasionally, for no reason whatsoever, your car would [FONT=Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif]lock you out and refuse to let you in until you simultaneously lifted [FONT=Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif]the [/FONT]door handle, turned the key and grabbed hold of the [FONT=Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif]radio [/FONT]antenna.[/FONT]
9. Every time a new car was introduced car buyers would have [FONT=Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif]to learn how to drive all over again because none of the controls[/FONT]
would operate in the same manner as the old car.
10. You'd have to press the 'Start' button to turn the [FONT=Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif]engine off.[/FONT]
i am sharing this with some of you who love - but [FONT=Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif]sometimeshate - their computer![/FONT]
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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 cars that
got 1,000 miles to the gallon.'
[FONT=Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif]In response to Bill ' s comments, General Motors issued a press [FONT=Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif]release [/FONT]stating:
If GM had developed technology like Microsoft, we would all [FONT=Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif]be driving cars with the following characteristics (and [FONT=Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif]I [/FONT]just [FONT=Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif]love [/FONT]this part): [/FONT]
1. For no reason whatsoever, your car would crash.........[FONT=Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif]Twice a day. [/FONT]
2.. Every time they repainted the lines in the road, you [FONT=Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif]would have to buy a new car.[/FONT]
3... Occasionally your car would die on the freeway for [FONT=Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif]no reason.[/FONT]
You would have to pull to the side of the road, close all of [FONT=Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif]the windows, shut off the car, restart it, and reopen the windows[/FONT]
before you could continue. For some reason you would [FONT=Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif]simply accept this.
[/FONT]
4. Occasionally, executing a manoeuvre such as a left turn [FONT=Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif]wouldc ause your car to shut down and refuse to restart, in which [FONT=Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif]case [/FONT]you would have to reinstall the engine.[/FONT]
5. Macintosh would make a car that was powered by the sun, [FONT=Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif]was reliable, five times as fast and twice as easy to drive - [FONT=Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif]but [/FONT]would run on only five percent of the roads.[/FONT]
6. The oil, water temperature, and alternator warning [FONT=Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif]lights would all be replaced by a single 'This Car Has[/FONT]
Performed An [FONT=Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif]Illegal Operation' warning light.[/FONT]
I love the next one!!!
7. The airbag system would ask 'Are you sure?' [FONT=Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif]before deploying . [/FONT]
8. Occasionally, for no reason whatsoever, your car would [FONT=Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif]lock you out and refuse to let you in until you simultaneously lifted [FONT=Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif]the [/FONT]door handle, turned the key and grabbed hold of the [FONT=Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif]radio [/FONT]antenna.[/FONT]
9. Every time a new car was introduced car buyers would have [FONT=Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif]to learn how to drive all over again because none of the controls[/FONT]
would operate in the same manner as the old car.
10. You'd have to press the 'Start' button to turn the [FONT=Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif]engine off.[/FONT]
i am sharing this with some of you who love - but [FONT=Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif]sometimeshate - their computer!
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