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Title: if Bill Gates Built cars
Post by: videoholic on February 03, 2003, 12:37:32 PM

CAN YOU RELATE TO THIS?
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 a press release stating: 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 over 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 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.

Title: if Bill Gates Built cars
Post by: Kurt Angle on February 03, 2003, 12:49:47 PM

Thank goodness Uncle Bill never did make cars. Imagine the insurance costs!:laughing:

Title: if Bill Gates Built cars
Post by: Living-In-Clip on February 03, 2003, 01:05:31 PM

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. 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.

So ..so..true

Title: if Bill Gates Built cars
Post by: luckee on February 03, 2003, 02:09:29 PM

:laughing: :laughing: :laughing: :laughing: :laughing:

This is so true for soooo many reasons. Thank god he doesnt.

Title: if Bill Gates Built cars
Post by: Event Horizon on February 03, 2003, 02:33:13 PM

Yeah, but it would be 25 bucks. You get what you paid for :D

Title: if Bill Gates Built cars
Post by: GmanJoe on February 03, 2003, 02:40:41 PM

Jeeeeez! I got that email back in 1996!

Title: if Bill Gates Built cars
Post by: Coredweller on February 03, 2003, 03:05:50 PM

I also wouldn\'t care how many problems it had because I\'d be driving a pirate copy of the car.  :)

Title: if Bill Gates Built cars
Post by: EmperorRob on February 03, 2003, 03:18:50 PM

I don\'t know how Bill Gates can say anyone\'s prices are too high when he charges so much for so little.

Title: if Bill Gates Built cars
Post by: project86 on February 04, 2003, 03:59:38 AM

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Originally posted by Event Horizon
Yeah, but it would be 25 bucks. You get what you paid for :D

My thoughts exactly. The cool thing is that if it did get to bothersome you could just go down to Best Buy and get another one. For 25 bucks who cares! The cars that GM has been bringing out lately makes me want to get rid of my Z and buy another Porsche.:(

Title: if Bill Gates Built cars
Post by: Seed_Of_Evil on February 04, 2003, 04:08:12 AM

Could they be piracied? :D