Ford Motor company and Bill Gates!

[PierBridge]

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,

“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 issued a press release stating:

If Ford 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 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. And For some reason you would simply accept this as a way of life.

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 5% 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.

11. When all else fails, you could call “customer service” in some foreign country and be instructed in broken English on how to fix your car yourself!

Please share this with your friends who love - but sometimes hate - their computer!

[Scott K]

LOL!

[motley man]

Most models do that now !!!!!!!! Stop for no reason and a sensor or whatever shuts it down. Ever had a crankshaft pulley sensor go out in the middle of the woods. NO FUN

[CJH]

Too Funny!! Gates is a donkey outside of software engineering. Oh wait, 30 years later their software has the same probablems!!

[Jeremy airjer W]

Most models do that now !!!!!!!! Stop for no reason and a sensor or whatever shuts it down. Ever had a crankshaft pulley sensor go out in the middle of the woods. NO FUN

I agree!

[brian6715]

Too Funny!! Gates is a donkey outside of software engineering. Oh wait, 30 years later their software has the same probablems!!

I would say Windows has come a long way in 30 years

Windows 7 is the best operation system out there! I have never even had my computer freeze once, and I use it for video editing, photography, lesson planning, and gaming. I have a $400 year and a half old black Friday Toshiba. Anyone who hasn't experienced Windows 7, needs to! Especially if you do any type of hard work on your machine.

[LMITOUT]

7. The airbag system would ask “Are you sure?” before deploying.

Not on the F-150's....they just go off whenever they want!

[dougger222]

My PC states on the side,

"Genuine Windows 7 Home Premium"

Been running it for 3 months and it's only froze up once!!!

My wife has it on her laptop and in 4 months hers has only froze up twice!!!

7 is decent but it could be better...

Google Bill Gates and Ford and you'll see his "last day at work" video were he drives away in a 08 Ford Focus 2dr.

[jwmiller33]

My wife has it on her laptop and in 4 months hers has only froze up twice!!!

look what we have become accustomed to with windows; "only froze up twice!!"

you guys need to try a mac! I've had mine for over a year and a half and it has never froze on me ever. you just have to be able to adapt to a new OS

[LightningBG]

I've been running Windows 7 for about 6 months now. Haven't had it freeze up a single time. And there are many occasions where I have 15 internet tabs open and about 8 other programs. Some requiring lots of juice (cad/cam). The new computer has lots of power though. Maybe that makes more of a difference than the OS?

[Ufatz]

The response from Ford to Mr. Gate's comments is absolutely beautiful and my guess is that Gate's got as big a kick out of it as the rest of us.

I think it's a marvelous piece of writing and a delightful put-down or Mr. Gates.

And I don't understand all the "crashing computer" comment. My little Toshiba Satellite loaded with 64-Vista has been running for more than a year, many hours every day, and it has never locked up, stopped,crashed,shut down or hesitated.

I must be doing something wrong!

Ha!