[Amc-list] OT: If you love (or hate) your computer (or car!!)

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Probably something someone made up, but funny! Not AMC related, but we all so much love Microsfot and GM....

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Subject: FW:  If you love (or hate) your computer (or car!

> 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 $25.00 cars that got
> 1,000 miles to the gallon."
> 
> 		 
> In response to Bill's comments, General Motors issued the following
> press release: 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 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. Apple 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 war ning 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.


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