At a computer expo (COMDEX), Bill Gates reportedly compared the computer industry with the auto industry and stated” If GM had kept up with the technology like the computer industry has, we would all be driving $25 cars that got 1000 miles to the gallon”.
In response to Bill’s comments, General Motors made the following contribution to the debate” If GM had developed technology like Microsoft we would all be driving cars with the following characteristics:
1. For no reason what so ever you car would crash twice a day
2. Every time they repainted the lines on the road you’d have to buy a new car
3. Occasionally your car would just die on the motorway for no reason, You would have to pull over to the side of the road, close all the car windows, shut it off, restart it, and reopen the windows before you could continue. For some reason you would simply accept this, restart and drive on
4. Occasionally, executing a manoeuvre would cause your car to stop and fail to restart and you’d have to re-install the engine. For some strange reason, you’d accept this too.
5. Occasionally, for no reason whatsoever your car would lock you and out and refuse to let you simultaneously lifted the door handle, turned the key and grabbed hold of the radio antenna
6. Macintosh would make a car that was powered by the sun, twice as reliable, five times as fast, twice as easy to drive- but it would only run on 5% of the roads
7. The Macintosh car owners would get expensive Microsoft upgrades to their cars which would make their cars go much slower.
8. The oil engine, gas and alternator warning lights would be replaced a ‘General Car Fault’ warning light.
9. We’d all have to switch to Microsoft petrol and lubricants but the packaging would be superb
10. The air bag system would say “Are you sure?” before going off
11. If you were involved in a crash, you would have no idea what happened
12. Microsoft cars would have a special radio/cassette player which would be able to listen to Microsoft FM, and play Microsoft cassettes . Unless of course you upgrade to use existing stuff
13. If you couldn’t afford to buy a new car, then you could just borrow your friends, and then copy it
14. Every time Microsoft 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
15. Microsoft would require all car buyers to also purchase a deluxe set of automobile Association Road maps ( now a Microsoft subsidiary), even though they neither need nor want them. Attempting to delete this option would immediately cause the car’s performance to diminish by %50 or more
16. You’d have to press the “Start” button to turn the engine off
1. For no reason what so ever you car would crash twice a day
2. Every time they repainted the lines on the road you’d have to buy a new car
3. Occasionally your car would just die on the motorway for no reason, You would have to pull over to the side of the road, close all the car windows, shut it off, restart it, and reopen the windows before you could continue. For some reason you would simply accept this, restart and drive on
4. Occasionally, executing a manoeuvre would cause your car to stop and fail to restart and you’d have to re-install the engine. For some strange reason, you’d accept this too.
5. Occasionally, for no reason whatsoever your car would lock you and out and refuse to let you simultaneously lifted the door handle, turned the key and grabbed hold of the radio antenna
6. Macintosh would make a car that was powered by the sun, twice as reliable, five times as fast, twice as easy to drive- but it would only run on 5% of the roads
7. The Macintosh car owners would get expensive Microsoft upgrades to their cars which would make their cars go much slower.
8. The oil engine, gas and alternator warning lights would be replaced a ‘General Car Fault’ warning light.
9. We’d all have to switch to Microsoft petrol and lubricants but the packaging would be superb
10. The air bag system would say “Are you sure?” before going off
11. If you were involved in a crash, you would have no idea what happened
12. Microsoft cars would have a special radio/cassette player which would be able to listen to Microsoft FM, and play Microsoft cassettes . Unless of course you upgrade to use existing stuff
13. If you couldn’t afford to buy a new car, then you could just borrow your friends, and then copy it
14. Every time Microsoft 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
15. Microsoft would require all car buyers to also purchase a deluxe set of automobile Association Road maps ( now a Microsoft subsidiary), even though they neither need nor want them. Attempting to delete this option would immediately cause the car’s performance to diminish by %50 or more
16. You’d have to press the “Start” button to turn the engine off
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