[NPMUG] Fwd: FW: Fw: auto industry and IT

[joycepgh2 at verizon.net]

In case you haven't seen this recent analogy. . . . . 


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