EphemeralEternity
2009-03-02 |  | Slight Entertainment |  |
At a computer expo, 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 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. |
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scoldingfire
99+ day(s) ago | i don`t know i like vista i have vista and never has caused me problem most problems people had cuz didn`t take time to shut the securtiy off that everyone hates and u really don`t need except for lil ones or they get a virus that works on winows and not unbunto or opera or os like that |
Reborn
99+ day(s) ago | heheh |
CounterCrazy
99+ day(s) ago | mircosoft sucks yeppy....
omg i think i just discovered my love.... Solaris 10 Operating System....
My Next computer hehe.... |
GradualIncline
99+ day(s) ago | hmmm, good point. |
Treize
99+ day(s) ago | Divine intervention |
GradualIncline
99+ day(s) ago | I`m glad I tossed Vista and put ubuntu on my computer...thus far, no problems, and I can actually watch videos on my computer again. I also blame Vista for damaging my battery down to 39% efficiency, which my ubuntu informs me, is what the capacity is at now. Since my computer isn`t that old, I can`t think of any other reason why it`d fail on me. |
UberPansy
99+ day(s) ago | LooL PWNT!
Funny: "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." XD |
Tweak
99+ day(s) ago | Haha. Funny :) |
Kaneda
99+ day(s) ago | What`s next? All Your Base? |
CitizenSoldier
99+ day(s) ago | ditto Biohazard. lol |
Sol
99+ day(s) ago | yep, microsoft sucks. |
Biohazard
99+ day(s) ago | old, but funny |
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