<P align=center><b><FONT face="Times New Roman">BILL GATES VS GENERAL MOTORS<p></p></FONT></b></P>
<P align=left><FONT face="Times New Roman">At a recent computer expo (COMDEX), Bill Gates reportedly compared the computer industry with the auto industry and stated that: "If GM had kept up with technology like the computer industry has, we would all be driving twenty-five dollar cars that got 1000 miles to the gallon."<p></p></FONT></P>
<P align=left><FONT face="Times New Roman">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 following characteristics:<p></p></FONT></P>
<P align=left><FONT face="Times New Roman">1. For no reason whatsoever your car would crash twice a day.<p></p></FONT></P>
<P align=left><FONT face="Times New Roman">2. Every time they repainted the lines on the road you would have to buy a new car.<p></p></FONT></P>
<P align=left><FONT face="Times New Roman">3. Occasionally your car would die on the freeway for no reason, and you would just accept this restart and drive on.<p></p></FONT></P>
<P align=left><FONT face="Times New Roman">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.<p></p></FONT></P>
<P align=left><FONT face="Times New Roman">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.<p></p></FONT></P>
<P align=left><FONT face="Times New Roman">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 work on five percent of the roads.<p></p></FONT></P>
<P align=left><FONT face="Times New Roman">7. The oil, water temperature and alternator warning lights would be replaced by a single general car default" warning light.<p></p></FONT></P>
<P align=left><FONT face="Times New Roman">8. New seats would force everyone to have the same size butt.<p></p></FONT></P>
<P align=left><FONT face="Times New Roman">9. The airbag system would say "Are you sure?" before going off.<p></p></FONT></P>
<P align=left><FONT face="Times New Roman">10. 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 grab hold of the radio antenna.<p></p></FONT></P>
<P align=left><FONT face="Times New Roman">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 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.<p></p></FONT></P>
<P align=left><FONT face="Times New Roman">12. Every time GM introduced a new model car buyers would have to learn to drive all over again because none of the controls would operate in the same manner as the old car.<p></p></FONT></P>
<P align=left><FONT face="Times New Roman">13. You'd press the "start" button to shut off the engine. <p></p></FONT></P>
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