At an exhibition of computers ( COMDEX ) , Bill Gates repeatedly compared the software industry with the automobile industry . Among others also made the following statement :
"If General Motors had kept up with technology , as well as in the software industry, today we drove $ 25 that would have consumed a gallon of gasoline at 1,000 miles ."
In response , the president of General Motors , published a letter in the press :
"If General Motors had developed technology in the same way as Microsoft , the cars they drove you be today had the following characteristics :
1 . No reason , no matter what happens, your car will break twice a day ;
2 . Every time you rebuild mark on the highway , you have to buy a new car ;
3 . How often would repaint the lines on the roads should buy your new car.
4 . Occasionally , your car will stop on the highway and you accept it on again every time ;
5 . Occasionally , executing certain maneuvers , such as a left turn , the car will stop and refuse to start and then you will be forced to reinstall the engine ;
6 . Only one person at a time can use the car, unless you bought Car95 or CarNT ; but in this case you will have to buy more seats ;
7 . Macintosh would make a car that runs on solar power , reliable , five times as fast , twice as easy to drive , but it will only run on five percent of the roads ;
8 . Indicator for oil, the water temperature , the battery will all be replaced by a single light "General car default" ;
9 . The car would only fit one person or should stop buying chairs.
10 . The seats we will force you to have the same size of the ass ;
11 . Airbag and seatbelt system will ask "Are you sure ? " before entering into service ;
12 . Occasionally , for no reason , the car will lock itself. But there is a solution : Pull the door handle , turn the key and hold the radio antenna with your hand ;
13 . Once you be forced to buy the car and a complete guide to the streets of everyone, even if you are not going to get out of town. Otherwise, the car's performance would be reduced by 50%.
14 . General Motors will ask its customers to purchase a set of Rand McNally maps ( now a subsidiary of General Motors ) , whether or not you need even if you do not want . If you try to quit this option , you will see a reduction of 50% of the car's performance . Moreover , from time to time , General Motors will be subject to investigation by the Justice Department;
15 . Whenever General Motors will introduce a new model car buyers will be forced to learn to drive around again because none of the new control room will function as the old ones.


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