For those of you who haven't seen this yet...

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 $25.00 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:

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.

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.