Microsoft Vs Gm

Story: I came across this interesting snippet the other day on the web for the computer buffs among you.

At a recent computer expo, COMDEX, Bill Gates reportedly compared the computer industry with the car industry and is reputed to have said:,

"If General Motors kept up with technology in the way that Microsoft has, we would all be driving in cars costing $25.00 with a fuel consumption that was 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:

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 then 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.

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 "General Protection Fault" warning light or a "You have performed an illegal operation."

7. The airbag system would ask you, "Are you sure?" before inflating.

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 GM introduced a new car, car buyers would have to learn 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.

Today is Candlemas, the day when we celebrate the Presentation of Christ in the Temple.

And like the Microsoft car the Ceremony didn’t quite go the way it was expected to go.