[muglo] Re: only sort of off topic
- From: "W.R. MCGRATH" <wrmcgrath@xxxxxxxxxx>
- To: muglo@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Mon, 13 Jun 2011 12:26:30 -0700 (PDT)
Sorry Doug. That is as old as a tree. You know; the tree that was going to be
saved because of all the paper we were going to save by using computers. —Bill
McGrath
--- On Mon, 6/13/11, Douglas Feick <dejl6@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
From: Douglas Feick <dejl6@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Subject: [muglo] only sort of off topic
To: muglo@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Date: Monday, June 13, 2011, 12:54 AM
I couldn't resist
sharing this one with you:
At a recent computer
expo (COMDEX), Bill Gates reportedly compared the
computer industry with the auto industry and stated,
'If Ford 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 Gates's comments, Ford issued a press release,
stating:
'If Ford 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 in 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!!!!
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