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How-To Geek Forums Topic: Microsoft Vs GM http://www.howtogeek.com/forum/ How-To Geek Forums Topic: Microsoft Vs GM en Fri, 09 Jan 2009 03:22:57 +0000 Lighthouse on "Microsoft Vs GM" http://www.howtogeek.com/forum/topic/microsoft-vs-gm#post-45332 Tue, 02 Sep 2008 06:21:52 +0000 Lighthouse 45332@http://www.howtogeek.com/forum/ And don't forget, that it if you want to switch off the car, you must close all the windows first! Aleeve on "Microsoft Vs GM" http://www.howtogeek.com/forum/topic/microsoft-vs-gm#post-45293 Tue, 02 Sep 2008 01:56:07 +0000 Aleeve 45293@http://www.howtogeek.com/forum/ I've seen this before :) Still good! jack7h3r1pp3r on "Microsoft Vs GM" http://www.howtogeek.com/forum/topic/microsoft-vs-gm#post-45282 Tue, 02 Sep 2008 01:22:43 +0000 jack7h3r1pp3r 45282@http://www.howtogeek.com/forum/ great lol raphoenix on "Microsoft Vs GM" http://www.howtogeek.com/forum/topic/microsoft-vs-gm#post-45245 Mon, 01 Sep 2008 23:12:50 +0000 raphoenix 45245@http://www.howtogeek.com/forum/ PUPPYDOG, I have no idea who you are but do so enjoy your tales. They Impart Parody Upon Truth !! Kindest Regards, Rick P. ♥ :) whs on "Microsoft Vs GM" http://www.howtogeek.com/forum/topic/microsoft-vs-gm#post-45231 Mon, 01 Sep 2008 21:57:22 +0000 whs 45231@http://www.howtogeek.com/forum/ Interesting, but Mr. Gates forgot the laws of physics and Mr. Welsh forgot the laws of complexity. I would like to see GM build a car from 55 million parts with several 100 thousand functions that any driver can muck around with as he pleases. PUPPYDOG on "Microsoft Vs GM" http://www.howtogeek.com/forum/topic/microsoft-vs-gm#post-45212 Mon, 01 Sep 2008 20:17:35 +0000 PUPPYDOG 45212@http://www.howtogeek.com/forum/ Another microsoft related email that i recieved a while ago. just remembered it so i thought i would share with you all. 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 twenty-five dollar cars that got 1000 miles to the gallon." In response to Bill's comments, General Motors issued a press release stating (by Mr. Welch himself): 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 on the road you would have to buy a new car. 3. Occasionally your car would die on the freeway for no reason, and you would just accept this, restart and drive on. 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. Only one person at a time could use the car, unless you bought "Car95" or "CarNT." But then you would have to buy more seats. 6. Macintosh would make a car that was powered by the sun, reliable, five times as fast, and twice as easy to drive, but would only run on five per cent of the roads. 7. The oil, water temperature and alternator warning lights would be replaced by a single "general car default" warning light. 8. New seats would force everyone to have the same size butt. 9. The airbag system would say "Are you sure?" before going off. 10. 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 grab hold of the radio antenna. 11. GM would require all car buyers to also purchase a deluxe set of Rand McNally road maps (now a GM subsidiary), even though they neither need them nor want them. Attempting to delete this option would immediately cause the car's performance to diminish by 50% or more. Moreover, GM would become a target for investigation by the Justice Department. 12. Everytime GM introduced a new model 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. 13. You'd press the "start" button to shut off the engine