At a recent computer expo (COMDEX), Bill Gates purportedly 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 twenty-five dollar cars that got 1000 miles per gallon."
General Motors recently responded to Gates's challenge ...
"Yes, you would be driving a twenty-five dollar car that would get
1000 miles to the gallon-but the car would crash twice a day. Every
time
they repainted the lines on the road you would have to buy a new car.
Occasionally your car would die on the freeway for no reason-and you
would just accept this, restart and drive on. Occasionally, executing a
maneuver would cause your car to stop and fail and you would have to
re-
install the engine. For some strange reason, you would accept this too.
"The
oil, gas and alternator warning lights would be replaced by a single
'general
car fault' warning light. And you could have only one person in the car
at a
time, unless you bought 'Car95' or 'CarNT'-but then you would have to
buy
more seats.
Apple would make a car (Macintosh) that was powered by the sun, was
more
reliable, five times as fast, and twice as easy to drive, but would run
on
only five percent of the roads. Macintosh car owners would purchase
expensive Microsoft add-ons to their cars, which would make their cars
run
much slower. New seats would force everyone to have the same size butt.
The airbag system would inquire 'are you sure?' before going off. If
you
were involved in a crash, you would have no idea what happened. If you
tried to get your car to a mechanic, you'd make a long distance call
and be
put on hold for three or four hours; when you finally got the mechanic,
you'd
be told how to fix it yourself, and the mechanic would hang up before
you'd
even tried his suggestions. Your car's owner's manual would have been
written by some one for whom English clearly was a second language.
And, for all that, the press would refer to us as 'innovators.'"
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A little weekend MS bashing never hurt anybody...
Ahmad
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