OWZAT Posted September 1, 2006 Share Posted September 1, 2006 G`day Fellas , Sound Familiar ??. At a recent conference 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 $25.00 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: • For no reason whatsoever, your car would crash twice a day. • Every time they repainted the lines in the road, you would have to buy a new car. • 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. • 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. • 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. • The oil, water temperature, and alternator warning lights would all be replaced by a single "This Car Has Performed An Illegal Operation" warning light. • The airbag system would ask "Are you sure?" before deploying. • 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. • Every time a new car was introduced, car buyers would have to learn how to drive all over again because none of the controls would operate in the same manner as the old car. • You'd have to press the "Start" button to turn the engine off. Mick Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Outnumbered Posted September 1, 2006 Share Posted September 1, 2006 if it wasnt so true it would be very funny Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Flattieman Posted September 1, 2006 Share Posted September 1, 2006 Sooooooooooo true - thanks for that, Mick. Flattieman. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Aron Posted September 1, 2006 Share Posted September 1, 2006 You'd have to press the "Start" button to turn the engine off. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wirlez Posted September 1, 2006 Share Posted September 1, 2006 You'd have to press the "Start" button to turn the engine off. heres another go at good ol Bill Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
harold Posted September 1, 2006 Share Posted September 1, 2006 love it! ALthough to his credit i read of his 10 or 12 rules for kids about to leave uni and enter the work force. It was spot on advice. In my books, anyone who gives away billions to help the impoverished and underprivilleged in the world is ok. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wettingaline Posted September 2, 2006 Share Posted September 2, 2006 id love to see you guys build a reliable operating system ...its not as easy as it sounds lol.. bill gates is probably the smartest dude on the face of the earth...he wrote an entire encylopedia off the top of his head!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OWZAT Posted September 2, 2006 Author Share Posted September 2, 2006 G`day Fellas , Wetty , Correct me if I`m wrong , but didn`t Bill Gates and his Merry bunch of bandits , swipe the whole thing from Apple ??. Mick Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
James Posted September 2, 2006 Share Posted September 2, 2006 awesome post so true. bill gates is obviously a very rich man but he is all a very generous man so i reckon to bill Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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