Great response----GM vs Gates

Gates vs.  GM  

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  $25.00 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 (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 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. 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.  

Please share this with  your friends who love - but sometimes hate - their  computer!