NCC / : GM vs. Microsoft

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>GM vs. Microsoft

>

>At the last spring Comdex in Chicago, Bill Gates was reported to

>have compared the computer industry with the auto industry and

>said, " If General Motors had kept up with technology like the

>computer industry has, we would all be driving $25 cars that get

>1000 miles to the gallon. " If General Motors had issued a press

>release in response to his comments, here's what it might have

>said.

>

>If GM had developed technology as Microsoft did, 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 the lines on the road were repainted, you would

> have to buy a new car.

>3. Occasionally your car would die on the freeway for no reason,

> and you would just accept this, restart, and drive on.

>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 " Car 95 " or " Car NT. " But then you would have to buy

> more seats.

>6. Macintosh would make a car powered by the sun, reliable, five

> times as fast, and twice as easy to drive, but it would only

> run on 5 percent of the roads.

>7. A single " general car default " warning light would replace the

> oil, water temperature, and alternator warning lights.

>8. New seats would force everyone to have the same size butt.

>9. The airbag system would ask, " Are you sure? " before going off.

>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 the radio

> antenna.

>11. GM would require all car buyers to also purchase a deluxe set

> of road maps from GM subsidiary Rand McNally. Attempting to

> delete this option would immediately cause the car's

> performance to diminish by 50 percent or more. The Justice

> Department would target GM for investigation.

>12. Every time GM introduced a new car model, buyers would have

> to learn how to drive all over again because none of the

> controls would operate in the same manner as in the old car.

>13. You'd press the Start button to shut off the engine.

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