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 twenty-five dollar cars that got 1000 mi/gal."
Recently General Motors addressed this comment by releasing the statement:
"Yes, but would you want your car to crash twice a day?"
Not only that, but....
Every time they repainted the lines on the road you would have to buy a new car.
Occasionally your car would die on the freeway for no reason, and you would just accept this, restart and drive on.
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.
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.
Macintosh would make a car that was powered by the sun, was reliable, five times as fast, twice as easy to drive, but would only run on five percent of the roads.
The Macintosh car owners would get expensive Microsoft upgrades to their cars, which would make their cars run much slower.
The oil, gas and alternator warning lights would be replaced by a single "general car default" warning light.
New seats would force everyone to have the same size вuтт.
The airbag system would say "are you sure?" before going off.
If you were involved in a crash, you would have no idea what happened.
If Operating Systems Were Airlines
DOS Air: Passengers walk out onto the runway, grab hold of the plane,
Push it until it gets in the air, hop on, then jump off when it hits
The ground. They grab the plane again, push it back into the air, hop
On, jump off...
Mac Airways: The cashiers, flight attendants, and pilots all look the
Same, talk the same, and act the same. When you ask them questions
About the flight, they reply that you don't want to know, don't need
To know, and would you please return to your seat and watch the movie.
Windows Airlines: The terminal is neat and clean, the attendants
Courteous, the pilots capable. The fleet of Lear jets the carrier
Operates is immense. Your jet takes off without a hitch, pushes above
The clouds and, at 20,000 feet, explodes without warning.
OS/2 Skyways: The terminal is almost empty - only a few prospective
Passengers mill about. The announcer says that a flight has just
Departed, although no planes appear to be on the runway. Airline
Personnel apologize profusely to customers in hushed voices, pointing
From time to time to the sleek, powerful jets outside. They tell each
Passenger how great the flight will be on these new jets and how much
Safer it will be than Windows Airlines, but they will have to wait a
Little longer for the technicians to finish the flight systems. Maybe
Until mid-2005. Maybe longer