The Microsoft Car

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 cars that got 1000 miles/gallon."

Recently General Motors addressed this comment by releasing the statement "Yes, but would you want your car to crash twice a day?"

1. Every time they repainted the lines on the road you would have to buy a new car.
2. Occasionally your car would die on the freeway for no reason, and you would just accept this, restart and drive on.
3. Occasionally, executing a maneuver would cause your car to stop and fail and you would have to re-install the engine. For some strange reason you would accept this too.
4. You could only have one person in the car at a time, unless you bought Car95" or "CarNT". But then you would have to buy more seats.
5. The oil, gas and alternator warning lights would be replaced by a single "general car default" warning light.
6. New seats would force everyone to have the same size butt.
7. The airbag system would say "are you sure?" before going off.
8. If you tried to get your car to a mechanic, you'd make a long distance call, be put on hold for three or four hours, when you finally got the mechanic, you'd be told how to fix it yourself, and the mechanic would hang up before you even tried his or her