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Title: Bill Gates vs GM?
Post by: 7ooD on March 27, 2010, 04:50:15 pm
For  all of us who feel only the deepest love and  affection for the way computers have enhanced  our lives, read on.

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 technology like the computer  industry has, we would all be driving $25 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 (and I just love this  part):

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 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 manoeuvre 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  five percent 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.

I  love the next one!!!

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.

PS  - I'd like to add that when all else fails, you  could call 'customer service' in some foreign  country and be instructed in some foreign  language how to fix your car  yourself!!!!
Title: Re: Bill Gates vs GM?
Post by: Saladin on March 27, 2010, 07:12:38 pm
this is way tooo amazing
Title: Re: Bill Gates vs GM?
Post by: Nobody on April 04, 2010, 07:28:56 am
nice......but Microsoft is so... bad!
Title: Re: Bill Gates vs GM?
Post by: Angel Of Love on April 04, 2010, 12:41:39 pm
why ??? why do you think Microsoft is so bad??? ??? ???
Title: Re: Bill Gates vs GM?
Post by: Nobody on April 04, 2010, 01:29:46 pm
oh! i wanted to say that Microsoft is not that bad too...
Title: Re: Bill Gates vs GM?
Post by: SGVaibhav on April 04, 2010, 06:29:41 pm
oh! i wanted to say that Microsoft is not that bad too...

its not that bad also, its very bad.............

those who think microsoft is good.... please try out linux OS - any such as fedora / ubuntu / opensuse / mint etc etc etc ....
Title: Re: Bill Gates vs GM?
Post by: Saladin on April 04, 2010, 08:24:15 pm
its not that bad also, its very bad.............

those who think microsoft is good.... please try out linux OS - any such as fedora / ubuntu / opensuse / mint etc etc etc ....

NICE TO C U AGAIN
Title: Re: Bill Gates vs GM?
Post by: astarmathsandphysics on April 05, 2010, 12:41:26 am
Microsoft is awful. Learn linux and Live again.
Title: Re: Bill Gates vs GM?
Post by: DrEvil on April 09, 2010, 05:39:28 pm
I like Microsoft... ;D
Title: Re: Bill Gates vs GM?
Post by: Nobody on April 11, 2010, 03:59:51 am
I like Microsoft... ;D
ya....
even me...I like Microsoft...
I think people don't like Microsoft because it get's infected by virus and worms...and it hangs quite often!!
Title: Re: Bill Gates vs GM?
Post by: Karan on April 14, 2010, 02:46:11 pm
Bill Gates just got pwned!  :D