Posts Tagged ‘gas’

If cars kept up with the computer industry

Tuesday, April 29th, 2008
**Notice: I did not write this and I take no credit for having done so. I received this in a forwarded email a long time ago and I simply wanted to share it as it is extremely funny. Because of this I’m also disabling comments. Please enjoy!** 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. (more…)