MS Cars

Bill Gates compared the computer industry with the car industry on a fare with the following statement:

"If General Motors would develop technology as fast as the computer industry, we would have cars today that cost $25 and can go for 1000 miles with a gallon of fuel."

In reply to that, Mr. Welch of GMC wrote a press statement saying:

"If General Motors developed a technology like Microsoft, then we had cars today with the following properties:

1. Without any reason your car would have an accident twice a day

2. When the marking lines on the roads are redrawn, you'd have to buy a new car.

3. From time to time the engine would switch off for no apparent reason while driving on the highway. You would just accept that, turn it on again and drive on.

4. When turning left, the engine would switch off and couldn't be turned on again without being reinstalled.

5. If your engine doesn't start, you can choose if you want to "cancel starting", "try again to start" or "ignore the error".

6. If you don't want to drive alone with our car, you have to buy "Car95" or "CarNT", but you have to pay each seat seperately.

7. Macintosh would build cars that drive with solar power, are reliable, five times as fast and only half weight. But they're just running on five percent of the streets.

8. The oil control light, the temperature warning and the battery control would be replaced by a single "general car fault"-light.

9. The airbag would ask "are you sure?" before firing.

10. Sometimes you just can't open your car. The trick to get inside is pulling the door, turning the key and touching the antenna at the same time.

11. GM would force you to buy a map set of Rand McNally (GM daughter), even if you don't need it. If you're not buying it, your car would be 50% slower. GMC would be targeted by the department of justice for that.

12. When GMC releases a new car, everyone would have to learn how to drive again, because nothing would work like in the previous version.

13. You'd have to press "start" for switching off the engine. You can choose if you want to "really switch off the engine completely", "drive with brakes on" or "drive with another person's license".

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