GM & MS

[Ed Landaveri]

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 (and I just love this part): 
 
1. For no reason whatsoever, your car would crash........T 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 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 C AR Has Performed An Illegal Operation" 
Warning light. 
 
I love the next one!!!  
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. 
For all the above reasons: Move to Linux, the best choice!
 
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