microsoft and gm

my lecturer shared this on his last lecture. found it really funny. its a "discussion" between Bill Gates and GM.

Bill Gates compared the computer industry with the auto industry at a computer expo, saying that GM should keep up with technology like the computer industry does.

GM responded in a press release: 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. 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.

3. 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.

4. Only one person at a time could use the car unless you bought "car NT", but then you would have to buy more seats.

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 only run on five percent of the roads.

6. The airbag system would ask "are you sure?" before deploying.

7. 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.

8. 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.

9. You'd have to press the "Start" button to turn the engine off.

just couldnt stop laughing at the hidden humour. really smart rebuttal, in my opinion. haha. hope this helps you relax before continuing with your revision! =)