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Microsoft vs General Motors

Nowadays my mailbox is flooded with forwaded messages which includes all sort of crap jokes and philosophies that eventually register their room in the thrash box.  But today i got a really cool mail from my friend Leya and it is worth reading….. Here is the mail. 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 GM had kept up with technology like the computer industry has, we would all be driving $25.00 cars that got 1,000 miles to the gallon.”   In response to Bill’s comments, General Motors issued a press release stating: If GM 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...