At a recent 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, we would all be driving 25$ cars that got 1,000 miles per 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 your windows, shut off the car, restart it, and re-open the windows before you could continue. And, 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 5% of the roads.
6. The oil, water temperature, and alternator warning lights would all be replaced by a single "this car has performed an illegal operation" 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 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.
10. You'd have to press the "start" button to turn the engine off.
Thats why I still prefer command line operating systems rather then Windows or Xwindows GUI's and prefer pre computerized automobiles.
Terri
It seems that Bill Gates once again didn't put brain into gear before before opening his mouth. But hey he's rich so he doesn't have to pay the price the rest of us would.
Shelley
Ha, ha...
And that's why I use SuSE Linux 9.3
Steph :)
Thanks for the techno references,
You girls are helping me to understand why the Microsoft help books are ......... for dummies.
Shelley