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You have undoubtedly read the story about how 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."
HERE'S AN INTERESTING RESPONSE THAT I HADN'T SEEN BEFORE:
In response to Bill's comments, General Motors issued a press release
(supposedly by Mr. Welch himself) stating, that 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 have to reinstall
the engine.
5. Only one person at a time could use the car, unless you bought Car95, or
CarNT. But then you would have to buy more seats.
6. Macintosh 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
percent of the roads.
7. A single "General Car Fault" warning light would replace the oil, water
temperature and alternator warning lights.
8. New seats would force everyone to have the same sized butt.
9. The airbag system would ask "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 grabbed 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. Every time GM introduced a new model 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.
13. You'd press the "Start" button to shut off the engine.
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"Lead, follow or get the HELL out of the way."
You have undoubtedly read the story about how 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."
HERE'S AN INTERESTING RESPONSE THAT I HADN'T SEEN BEFORE:
In response to Bill's comments, General Motors issued a press release
(supposedly by Mr. Welch himself) stating, that 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 have to reinstall
the engine.
5. Only one person at a time could use the car, unless you bought Car95, or
CarNT. But then you would have to buy more seats.
6. Macintosh 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
percent of the roads.
7. A single "General Car Fault" warning light would replace the oil, water
temperature and alternator warning lights.
8. New seats would force everyone to have the same sized butt.
9. The airbag system would ask "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 grabbed 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. Every time GM introduced a new model 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.
13. You'd press the "Start" button to shut off the engine.
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"Lead, follow or get the HELL out of the way."