>>THIS IS
SOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO TRUE !!!!!!
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>>GATES VS. GM
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>>For all of us who feel
only the deepest love and
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>>affection for the way
computers have enhanced our lives, read on.
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>>At a recent computer
expo (COMDEX), Bill Gates
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>>reportedly compared the
computer industry with the auto industry
>>and
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>>stated,
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>>"If GM had kept up
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>>with the technology like
the computer industry has,
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>>we would all be driving
$25.00 cars that got 1,000 miles to the
>>gallon".
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>>In response to Bill's
comments, General Motors
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>>issued a press release
stating:If GM had developed technology like
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>>Microsoft, we would all
be driving cars with the following
>>characteristics:
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>>1. For no reason
whatsoever, your car would crash twice a day.
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>>2. Every time they
repainted the lines in the road, you would have
>>to buy a new car.
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>>3. Occasionally your car
would die on the freeway for no reason.
>>You would have to
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>>pull over to the side of
the road, close all of the windows, shut
>>off the car, restart it,
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>>and reopen the windows
before you could continue. For some reason
>>you would simply
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>>accept this.
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>>4. Occasionally,
executing a maneuver such as a left turn would
>>cause your car to shut
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>>down and refuse to
restart, in which case you would have to
>>reinstall the engine.
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>>5. Macintosh would make
a car that was powered by the sun, was
>>reliable,
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>>five times as fast and
twice as easy to drive - but would run on
>>only five
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>>percent of the roads.
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>>6. The oil, water
temperature, and alternator warning lights would
>>all be replaced
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>>by a single "This Car
Has Performed An Illegal Operation" warning
>>light.
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>>7. The airbag system
would ask "Are you sure?" before deploying.
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>>8. Occasionally, for no
reason whatsoever, your car would lock you
>>out and refuse
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>>to let you in until you
simultaneously lifted the door handle,
>>turned the key and
grabbed hold
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>>of the radio antenna.
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>>9. Every time a new car
was introduced car buyers would have to
>>learn how to drive all
over
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>>again because none of
the controls would operate in the same manner
>>as the old car.
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>>10.You'd have to press
the "Start" button to turn the engine off.
>>Please share this with
your
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>>friends who love - but
sometimes hate - their computer!
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