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Rosanne D'Ausilio, Ph.D. Editor and Publisher
Volume II, Issue 10
Date: September 1, 2001 -Makes You Think
At a recent computer expo, 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 be driving $25.00 cars with 1,000 miles to the gallon."
In response, General Motors issued a press release stating: If GM had developed technology like Microsoft, we would 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 the windows, shut off the
car, restart it, and reopen the windows before you could continue. 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. Only one person at a time could use the car unless you bought "CarNT," but
then you would have to buy more seats.
6. 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.
7. The oil, water temperature, and alternator warning lights would all be replaced
by a single "General Protection Fault" warning light.
8. New seats would force everyone to have the same size butt.
9. The airbag system would ask "are you sure" before deploying.
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 (a GM
subsidiary), even though they neither need nor want them. Attempting to delete
this option would immediately cause the car's performance to diminish by 50%
or more.
12. Every time GM introduced a new car, 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 have to press the "Start" button to turn the engine off
QUOTE OF THE MONTH: Do not go where the path may lead, go instead where there is no path and leave a trail...Ralph Waldo Emerson
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