Bill the carmaker

[Anton]

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Bill Gates, Car Maker

At a recent COMDEX, Bill Gates reportedly 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 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:

1. For no reason whatsoever your car would crash twice a day.

2. Every time they repainted the lines on the road you would have to buy a new car.

3. Occasionally your car would die on the freeway for no reason, and you would just accept this, restart and drive on.

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. Only one person at a time could use the car, unless you bought 'CarXP'³ or 'Car2003.' But then you would have to buy more seats.

6. Apple would make a car that was powered by the sun, reliable, five times as fast, and twice as easy to drive, but would only run on five per cent of the roads.

7. The oil, water temperature and alternator warning lights would be replaced by a single 'general car default' warning light.

8. New seats would force everyone to have the same size butt.

9. The airbag system would say 'Are you sure?' before going off.

10. 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 grab hold of the radio antenna.

11. GM would require all car buyers to also purchase a deluxe set of Rand McNally road maps (now a GM subsidiary), even though they neither need them nor want them. Attempting to delete this option would immediately cause the car's performance to diminish by 50% or more. Moreover, GM would become a target for investigation by the Justice Department.

12. Everytime GM introduced a new model 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.

13. You would press the 'start' button to shut off the engine.

[popoy2]

dah..wa guro katingog bill gates ani ae..hahaha

[YJOB]

14. After buying your new car you would have to adjust the windscreen resolution before driving.
15. Surplus cars with steering wheels transferred from right to left would display "You may be a victim of automobile counterfeiting" in the dashboard.
16. After a fatal crash, the car's dashboard panel would ask you if you like to "Send Report" to GM or not.
17. You would have to periodically update your car's system to avoid security issues.
18. Driving on unfamiliar roads will expose your car to trojans and malwares whose effects may vary from erratic engine performance to complete engine malfunction in the morning.
19. Installing a new stereo system on your car will require you to inspect if it has a "Digital Signature" approved by GM.
20. And lastly, you will see clones of your engine sold on the sidewalk by Muslims at very cheap prices.

[hmmn]

10. 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 grab hold of the radio antenna.

hahaha, this must be the equivalent of holding down the ctrl-alt-del keys simultaneously

[handsoff241]

9. The airbag system would say 'Are you sure?' before going off.

pataya nimo ani! hahahah

[prukutung]

hahahahahah!!! saon nalang kung mao na ang sistema sa mga sakyanan!! hahaha...

zamuka sa ika 20.. hahaha ^^

[sequel]

bwahahahaha! microsoft really sucks! they even dared to compare themselves with other company. 10 points for GM!