Car Technology vs Computer Technology

[jmckinley]

This was funny a few years ago when I first saw it.

 

Maybe not so funny now.

 

At a recent computer exposition, Bill Gates reportedly compared the computer industry with the auto industry and stated: "If General Motors had kept up with the 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, GM issued a press release stating: "If General Motors 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 over 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 "General Protection Fault" 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 GM introduced a new car, car buyers would have to learn 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.

    
    
    

[plus 3 golfer]

:hysterical: I wonder what would have been Bill's response to the "supposed" GM response if that press release was true.  ;)

Edited April 25, 2013 by Plus 3 Golfer

[jmckinley]

It would have been interesting, I think.  

 

Snopes.com reported this as false a long time ago, but it's still fun to read.

[Jus-A-CMax]

Nice read, thanks for the laughs :) 

 

 Hey, hows your MPG doing, did anything help?

[MikeB]

 

10. You'd have to press the "Start" button to turn the engine off.

Wait a second.... I DO press the Start button to turn the engine off....

[lowbar]

Wait a second.... I DO press the Start button to turn the engine off....

 

Aaah, if you look carefully it is a Start / Stop button.

[JohnnOhio]

Being a Mac Fan I loved this post. :salute:

 

Thanks for the laughs

[nsteblay]

Had to CTRL-ALT-DEL the Microsoft MyFord Touch yesterday. It does the wackiest things some times. Hope the next version fixes some of the flakiness.  

[MacGyver]

Had to CTRL-ALT-DEL the Microsoft MyFord Touch yesterday. It does the wackiest things some times. Hope the next version fixes some of the flakiness.  

 

How do you do that?