General Motors to Bill Gates

[slowcoach]

Date: Tue, 30 Aug 2011 16:31:03 +0530
Subject: General Motors reply to BILL GATES .........................

General Motors reply to BILL GATES

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. 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.

[Rob]

Last time I saw this joke, many years ago, it was aimed at Ford.

[Hugh]

Last time I saw this joke, Win95 was new.....

In fact, Snopes say it started in 1997 with this version.

There's word in business circles that the computer industry likes to measure itself against the Big Three auto-makers.

The comparison goes this way: If automotive technology had kept pace with Silicon Valley, motorists could buy a V-32 engine that goes 10,000 m.p.h. or a 30-pound car that gets 1,000 miles to the gallon — either one at a sticker price of less than $ 50.

Detroit's response: "OK. But who would want a car that crashes twice a day?"

[Halcyon]

The word "Macintosh" made it old for me. Surely now most people say "Apple"

[royaltiger]

How old,zzzzzzzzzzzzzzz, We've also landed on the moon.

[Stuart]

Originally Posted by Halcyon

The word "Macintosh" made it old for me. Surely now most people say "Apple"

Being pedantic, Macintosh never made any computers. At least not any that the poster is referring to. Apple make the Macintosh.

[Hugh]

AKA the Apple Mac