If Microsoft built cars

At a recent computer expo (COMDEX), Bill Gates reportedly compared the computer industry with the auto industry and stated

01. If automotive technology had kept pace with computer technology over the past few decades, you would now be driving a V-32 instead of a V-8, and it would have a top speed of 10,000 miles/hour (160,000km/he).

02. Or you could have an economy car that weighs 30 pounds (14 kilos) and gets a thousand miles to the gallon of gas.

03. In either case, the sticker of the new car would be less than $50.

In response to all this goading, GM responded: "Yes, but would you really want to drive a car that crashes 4 times a day?" GM continued by stating that if Microsoft built cars:

01. For no reason whatsoever, your car would crash twice a day.

02. Every time they repainted the lines on the road, you'd have to buy a new car.

03. Every time a new car was introduced, 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.

04. Occasionally your car would die on the freeway for no reason. You would have to pull over 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 and drive on.

05. 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. For some strange reason, you'd just accept this too.

06. 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.

07. You could only have one person in the car at a time, unless you bought a Car95 or a CarNT. But then you'd have to buy more seats.

08. Macintosh would make a car that was powered by the sun, was reliable, five times as fast and twice as easy to drive - but would run on only five percent of the roads.

09. The Macintosh car owners would get expensive Microsoft upgrades to their cars, which would make their cars run much slower.

10. The oil, water temperature, engine, gas and alternator warning lights would be replaced by a single "general car default" (This Car Has Performed An Illegal Operation) warning light.

11. New seats would force everyone to have the same size butt.

12. The airbag system would ask, "Are you sure?" before deploying.

13. If you were involved in a crash, you would have no idea what happened.

14. You'd have to press the "Start" button to turn the engine off.

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