[DeTomaso] Fw: Fwd: Windows vs. Ford Motor Co.

[Ken Green]

A little humor
  




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>>            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,
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>>"If Ford had kept up with technology like the computer industry has, we would all be driving $25 cars that got 1,000 miles to the gallon."
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>>In response to Bill's comments,  
>>Ford   
>>issued a press release stating:
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>>If Ford had developed technology like Microsoft, we would all be driving cars with the following characteristics (and I just love this part):
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>>1. For no reason whatsoever, your car would crash.........twice a day.
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>>2.. Every time they repainted the lines in the road, you would have to buy a new car. 
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>>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.
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>>4.... 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. 
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>>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.
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>>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. 
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>>7....... The airbag system would ask,"Are you sure?" before deploying.
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>>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. 
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>>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.
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>>10.......... You'd have to press the "Start" button to turn the engine off. 
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>>PS - I'd like to add that when all else fails, you could call "customer service" in some foreign country and be instructed in some foreign language how to fix your car yourself!
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>>Please share this with your friends who love - but sometimes hate - their computer! 
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   A little humor

               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

                  cid:A7B244D39BA14C5DA270DF6BF38252AB at joop

    reportedly compared the computer industry with the auto industry and
                                   stated,
   "If Ford had kept up with technology like the computer industry has, we
     would all be driving $25 cars that got 1,000 miles to the gallon."
                       In response to Bill's comments,

                                    Ford

                  cid:F27AAD77AD7643FCBD4481D28D73316F at joop

                       issued a press release stating:
      If Ford 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 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.
     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 airbag 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.
   PS - I'd like to add that when all else fails, you could call "customer
     service" in some foreign country and be instructed in some foreign
                   language how to fix your car yourself!
     Please share this with your friends who love - but sometimes hate -
                               their computer!

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