PC VS. GM

[BC_chick]

I just got this email, and I thought I'd throw it out there. If it sparks a conversation... so be it.

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 (and I just love this part):

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. 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.

[EchoesofMourning]

hahahahahaha...

That's fantastic! It really makes you take a step back and look at what we use on a daily basis. Everybody has had issues in one way or another with computers - it's weird that we just accept it, instead of demanding a better product.

[guyser]

What I found funny was GM responding , as if the cars they built dont have flaws.

[theloniusfleabag]

What I found funny was GM responding

Err, this is an old joke...I expect someone embellished it, as I have often seen with e-mailed jokes and videos. There was a video being e-mailed around of a car commercial, where a series of the parts of the car would 'domino effect' into each other to eventually push the start button on the keychaion. Some boob had added to the intro text, "This video was based on the old game "Mousetrap..." when actually, the fore-runner to even that game was the "Rube Goldberg Contraption", for which at least one major US university/College has a contest every year.

Don't believe everything you see or hear...in fact, don't believe any of it until you have cross-checked at least one other reliable source.