Microsoft Windows vs. Ford Motor Co. [View all]

[Omaha Steve]

Last edited Tue Jul 2, 2013, 08:33 AM - Edit history (1)

Edit: This e-mail of humor is older than dirt.


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


At a computer expo (COMDEX), Bill Gates reportedly compared the computer industry with the auto industry and stated;

"If Ford had kept up with technology like the computer industry has, we could all be driving $25 cars that got 1,000 miles to the gallon."

In response to Bill's comments,......Ford issued this press release;

If Ford had developed technology like Microsoft has, we would all be driving cars with the following characteristics:

1. For no reason what-so-ever, your car would crash,...sometimes several times a day.

2.. Every time road workers repainted the lines on 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 even continue, and for some reason, you just 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 cost 3 times as much and would run on only five percent of the main 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 actually deploying.

8........ Occasionally, for no reason at all, your car would lock you out and refuse to let you in until you lifted the door handle, turned the key back and forth twice, and grabbed the radio antenna,.....all at the same time.

9......... Every time a new car was introduced car buyers would have to learn how to drive all over again because none of the new car controls would operate in the same way as they did in the old car.

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

PS - I'd like to add, when all else fails, you would call 'customer service' in some foreign country and be instructed in some foreign accent,.... how to fix the car yourself!

Please share this with friends and family who love AND hate,.......a computer!