HELLO YOU COMPUTER BOFF'S ,

ONLY JOKING BECAUSE I KNOW THAT MOST OF YOU ARE NEARLY AS BAD AS I AM .
BUT ANYWAY , HERE'S SOMETHING TO ECHO THE FRUSTRATIONS THAT I REGULARLY
EXPERIENCE AND THE ANALOGY MADE ME CHUCKLE .

PLEASE ENJOY !!!

Subject : Interesting - What Bill Gates had said

For all of us who feel only the deepest love and affection for the way
computers have enhanced our lives, read on.

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
$25.00 cars that got 1,000 miles to the gallon."

In response to Bill's 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 (and I just love this
part):

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

2. Every time they repainted the lines in the road, you would have to buy
a new car.

3. Occasionally your car would die on the freeway for no reason. You would
have to pull 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.

4. Occasionally, executing a manoeuvre 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. 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.

6. The oil, water temperature, and alternator warning lights would all be
replaced by a single "This Car Has Performed An Illegal Operation" warning
light.

7. The air bag system would ask "Are you sure?" before deploying.

8. 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.

9. 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.

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

Please share this with your friends who love - but sometimes hate - Their
computer

Funny even though this is fictional and well over 4-5 years old joke that is comparing cars to Windows.
Anyhow even though it is a bit of a cliché it used to be true in many respects.

PS/Lucky for us GM stuck to making cars only as that even is too difficult for them to acheive without beign sued for the quality or the lack of it in their products.(valid in the States)
Not that Microsoft is better but at least the XP SP 2 is a step in the right direction whereas the GM would always be linked to Deawoo / Opel and even worse Buick...