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2007/09/27 13:24:32瀏覽304|回應0|推薦0
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 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. Machintosh would make a car that 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" .

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. "

Never undervalue
the manufacturing & automobile industries
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