(source unknown) 
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 the technology like the computer industry has, we would all be driving $25.00 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:

 
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
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. 
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.