Nina, I have never seen this before, I sent copies to my son, daughter and sister and they truely enjoyed it. Thanks, Nita Nina P. Brown wrote: > This may have been on the list before, but with all the computer > concerns of > late, it seemed appropriate to share. > ********************** > 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 twenty-five dollar cars that got 1000 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 on the road 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 re-install the engine. > > 5. Only one person could use the car, unless you bought "Car95" or > "CarNT". But, then you would have to buy more seats. > > 6. 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 only > > run on five percent of the roads. > > 7. The oil, water temperature and alternator warning lights would be > replaced by a single "general car fault" warning light. > > 8. New seats would force everyone to have the same size butt. > > 9. The airbag system would say "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 hold of the radio antenna. > > 11. GM would require all car buyers to also purchase a deluxe set of > Rand McNally road maps (now a GM subsidiary), even though they neither > need > them nor want them. Attempting to delete this option would immediately > cause the car's performance to diminish by 50 percent or more. Moreover, > GM > would become a target for investigation by the Justice Dept. > > 12. Everytime GM introduced a new model, 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. > > 13. You'd press the "start" button to shut off the engine. > > -- > Nina P. Brown