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18-09-2005, 08:05 PM
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I found this article while searching on the net. Not sure if any of you have read it, thought you might find it amusing.
MICROSOFT SHOULD MAKE CARS, FORD SHOULD MAKE SOFTWARE. At a recent computer expo, Bill Gates reportedly compared the computer industry with the auto industry and stated: “If Ford had kept up with technology like the computer industry has, we would all be driving twenty-five pound cars that got 1000 miles to the gallon” In response to Bill’s comments, Ford issued a press release stating the following: “If Ford had developed technology like Microsoft, we would 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 motorway for no reason, and you would 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 ‘Car98’ or ‘CarNT.’ Then you would have to buy more seats. 6. Macintosh would make a car that was powered by the sun, was more reliable, five times as fast, and twice as easy to drive, but would only run on five percent 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 bum size. 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 lifted the door handle, turned the key and grabbed hold of the radio antenna 11. Ford would require all car buyers to also purchase a deluxe set of A.A. road maps, 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 per cent or more. 12. Every time Ford 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. |
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18-09-2005, 08:07 PM
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...fairly odd
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18-09-2005, 08:08 PM
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that can't be true!! Funny though :P
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18-09-2005, 08:16 PM
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This is hilarious!
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18-09-2005, 08:40 PM
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Something must have been mixed up there as those comments by Bill Gates were about GM not Ford.
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18-09-2005, 08:53 PM
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Cobblers!
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I am a Macintosh user, and since I switched in 1998, I have had that emailed to me on one than one occasion. I can't stand seeing this again.
-Andrew
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Click here for details Do some research guys - don't parrot everything you read. Google is your friend if you are ever in doubt about the authenticity of a particular article. FF Last edited by Falcon Freak; 18-09-2005 at 09:13 PM. Reason: Another spelling mistake (need to employee a proof reader!) |
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19-09-2005, 05:28 AM
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FF.Com.Au Hardcore
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Jeez it's just a joke, lighten up people. I enjoyed it.
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19-09-2005, 08:27 AM
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I am only new to this site and don't know much about cars so I was not to know that this was originally for GM. I found it on the net and thought people would get a laugh if they have never read or heard about it before. |
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19-09-2005, 08:47 AM
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ive never read it before and i got a laugh :hihi:
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19-09-2005, 08:37 PM
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Never seen that before that is got to be one of the funniest things I have seen ... ijn a while...
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19-09-2005, 08:43 PM
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Excellent
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19-09-2005, 08:50 PM
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Good old Bill
The sole provider is mysery and despair to the technological world.....
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19-09-2005, 09:00 PM
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Cobblers!
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Hence my using a Macintosh. -Andrew
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19-09-2005, 11:53 PM
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It appears that this forum is full of people who are just starting to grow fluff if they have only just heard about "Microsoft vs GM".
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