标题: BILL GATES VS GENERAL MOTORS [打印本页] 作者: ali88 时间: 3.3.2004 10:43
<br><br>BILL GATES VS GENERAL MOTORS<br><br>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."<br><br>In response to Gates' comments, General Motors issued a press release stating:<br><br>If GM had developed technology like Microsoft, we would all be driving cars with the followingcharacteristics:<br><br>1. For no reason whatsoever your car would crash twice a day.<br><br>2. Every time they repainted the lines on the road you would have to buy a new car.<br><br>3. Occasionally your car would die on the freeway for no reason, and you would just accept this,restart and drive on.<br><br>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.<br><br>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.<br><br>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.<br><br>7. The oil, water temperature and alternator warning lights would be replaced by a single"general car default" warning light.<br><br>8. New seats would force everyone to have the same size butt.<br><br>9. The airbag system would say "Are you sure?" before going off.<br><br>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.<br><br>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.<br><br>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.<br><br>13. You'd press the "start" button to shut off the engine. <br><br><br><br><br><br><br>广泛流传的幽默：看通用汽车老板怎么修理比尔.盖茨<br><br>在几年前的一个咨讯展会(LAS VEGAS COMDEX)上，微软公司的创办人比尔盖兹语重心长的說：<br><br>「如果通用汽車(美国最大的汽车制造商)能使他们的科技进展速度如同咨讯产业的进展速度，那么我们今天的<br>汽车售价仅需25美元，每一加仑汽油可以跑1000英里。」全场?肀鼋跃跎钣型?胁⒏?杷?攘业恼粕?作者: Vanillasky 时间: 23.4.2004 23:45
hahaha......<br><br>so funny tho... 作者: elsatoshi 时间: 24.4.2004 02:41
why "though"? i don't get the logic...