A Good story to make you smile : )

I came across this story , the other day and thought it should be read by everyone who has ever had or has a computer. ENJOY : )



At a recent computer expo, to highlight the superiority of computer technology, Bill Gates is supposed to have made the following comment:

"If General Motors had kept up with technology like the computer industry has, we would all be driving twenty-five dollar cars that got 1000 miles to a gallon of gas."

Not to be outdone, General Motors then issued the following press release:

"If GM had developed technology like Microsoft, we would be driving cars with the following characteristics:"

1. For no reason whatsoever, every so often your car would crash.
2. Every time they repainted the lines on the road, you would have to buy a new car.

3. When your car has a mechanical problem and you call your mechanic (i.e. "tech support"), a non-human voice gives you 87 different menu options. After you choose one, you are put on hold and forced to listen to George Gershwin’s Greatest Hits. After a wait of 45 minutes, the line mysteriously disconnects, and you have to start the whole process all over again.

4. Occasionally, your car would shut off for no reason; you would simply accept this, restart it, and drive on.

5. Every once in a while, when you used your left turn signal, your car would shut down and refuse to restart, requiring you to reinstall the engine.

6. Occasionally, and for no reason, 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.

7. Every time GM introduced a new model, 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.

8. To shut off the engine, you’d press the start button.

9. When driving into a gas station that you have been going to twice a week for years, you will suddenly find that it has disappeared. In the now vacant lot will be a sign that states "404 error – Gas Station Not Found." However, if you wait five minutes, and drive around the block, you will find that the gas station has magically reappeared.

10. Your owner's manual would contain 1,300 pages and weigh three pounds.