From Dragutin Kermek on Thu, 16 Jul 1998 10:31:21 +0200 (MET DST)
Postovanje, ova poruka nije u skladu s uobicajenim sadrzajem poruka koja prosljedujem, ali mislim da ulazi u siri okvir. Posebno jer se odnosi na Billa G. Istu prigodu koristim da svima zazelim ugodne ljetne praznike. d.kermek ---------- Forwarded message ---------- > The Bill Gates Car > > 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 1000 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 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 5% of the roads. > > 7. The oil, water temperature and alternator warning lights would > be replaced by a single "general car fault" 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 lift the > door handle, turn 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 or 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. Every time 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.Watch out for more...