At a recent computer expo (COMDEX), Bill Gates reportedly compared the computer industry with the auto industry and stated,<\/p>\n
\u00a0\u201cIf GM had kept up with technology like the computer industry has, we would all be driving $25.00 cars that got 1,000 miles to the gallon<\/strong>.\u201d<\/p>\n \u00a0In response to Bill\u2019s comments, General Motors issued a press Release Stating,<\/p>\n \u201cIf GM had developed technology like Microsoft, we would all be driving cars with the following characteristics <\/strong>(and I just love this part, especially 7th point and 10th point).<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n \u00a01. For no reason whatsoever, your car would crash twice a day.<\/p>\n \u00a02. Every time they repainted the lines in the road, you would have to buy a new car!<\/p>\n \u00a03. 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.<\/p>\n \u00a04. 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.<\/p>\n \u00a05. 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.<\/p>\n \u00a06. The oil, water temperature, and alternator warning lights would all be replaced by a single \u201cThis Car Has Performed an Illegal Operation\u201d warning light.<\/p>\n \u00a07. The airbag system would ask, \u201cAre you sure?\u201d before deploying.<\/p>\n \u00a08. 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.<\/p>\n \u00a09. 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.<\/p>\n \u00a010. You\u2019d have to press the \u201cStart\u201d button to turn the engine off.<\/p>\n A contribution from Paul<\/p>\n Never undervalue the manufacturing industries \u2026\u2026 \ud83d\ude42<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n \u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" At a recent computer expo (COMDEX), Bill Gates reportedly compared the computer industry with the auto industry and stated, \u00a0\u201cIf GM had kept up with technology like the computer industry has, we would all be driving $25.00 cars that got 1,000 miles to the gallon.\u201d \u00a0In response to Bill\u2019s comments, General Motors issued a press […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[4,7],"tags":[254,786,1332],"class_list":["post-10209","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-english-stuff","category-ett-gott-skratt","tag-bill-gates","tag-general-motors","tag-microsoft"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p1IAXy-2EF","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":19579,"url":"https:\/\/fatherben.se\/wordpress\/19579\/","url_meta":{"origin":10209,"position":0},"title":"FIRST DATE","author":"admin","date":"2014-03-20","format":false,"excerpt":"\u00a0J LENO Show USA This is probably the funniest date story ever, first date or not!!!\u00a0 We have all had bad dates but this takes the cake. 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