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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