At a recent computer expo (COMDEX), Bill Gates reportedly compared the computer industry withthe auto industry and stated that :- “If GM had kept up with technology like the computerindustry has, we would all be driving twenty-five dollar cars that got 1000 miles to thegallon.“
In response to Gates’ comments, General Motors issued a press release stating:
If GM had developed technology like Microsoft, we would all be driving cars with the followingcharacteristics:
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 andrefuse 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 thenyou would have to buy more seats.
6. Macintosh would make a car that was powered by the sun, reliable, five times as fast, andtwice as easy to drive, but would only work on five percent 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 inuntil you simultaneously lifted the door handle, turned the key, and grab hold of the radioantenna.
11. GM would require all car buyers to also purchase a deluxe set of Rand McNally road maps (nowa GM subsidiary), even though they neither need them nor want them. Attempting to delete thisoption would immediately cause the car’s performance to diminish by 50% or more. Moreover, GMwould become a target for investigation by the Justice Department.
12. Every time GM introduced a new model car buyers would have to learn to drive all over againbecause 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. 作者: 阿秋 时间: 2011-1-12 21:46
没那么简单啊。 作者: 铁嫂 时间: 2011-1-13 13:46
12..每一次通用汽车推出新车型时，车主必須重新学习驾驶方式，因为新车和旧车的所有控制方式都不相同。
