Date: Mon, 14 Dec 2009 10:47:11 -0500 From: Rick N <solarux@hotmail.com> To: <aryeh.friedman@gmail.com>, <freebsd-chat@freebsd.org> Subject: RE: A theory on why microsoft makes such crappy stuff after all these years Message-ID: <BAY113-W36F103D0E341338639FE6A1890@phx.gbl> In-Reply-To: <4B2381BF.3000209@gmail.com> References: <4B2381BF.3000209@gmail.com>
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Bill Gates=2C and General Motors: =20 For all of us who feel only the deepest love and affection for the way comp= uters have enhanced our lives=2C read on. At a recent computer expo (COMDEX)=2C Bill Gates reportedly "compared" the = computer industry with the auto industry and stated=2C 'If GM had kept up with technology like the computer industry has=2C we wou= ld all be driving $25 cars that got 1=2C000 miles to the gallon.' In response to Bill ' s comments=2C General Motors issued a press release s= tating: If GM had developed technology like Microsoft=2C we would all be driving c= ars with the following characteristics (and I just love this part): 1. For no reason whatsoever=2C your car would crash.........Twice a day. 2.. Every time they repainted the lines in the road=2C you would have to bu= y a new car. 3... Occasionally your car would die on the freeway for no reason. You woul= d have to pull to the side of the road=2C close all of the windows=2C shut = off the car=2C restart it=2C and reopen the windows before you could contin= ue. For some reason you would simply accept this. 4. Occasionally=2C executing a maneuver such as a left turn would cause you= r car to shut down and refuse to restart=2C in which case you would have to= reinstall the engine. 5. Macintosh would make a car that was powered by the sun=2C was reliable= =2C five times as fast and twice as easy to drive - but would run on only f= ive percent of the roads. 6. The oil=2C water temperature=2C and alternator warning lights would all = be replaced by a single 'This Car Has Performed An Illegal Operation' warni= ng light. I love the next one!!! 7. The airbag system would ask 'Are you sure?' before deploying. 8. Occasionally=2C for no reason whatsoever=2C your car would lock you out = and refuse to let you in until you simultaneously lifted the door handle=2C= 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 t= o drive all over again because none of the controls would operate in the sa= me manner as the old car. 10. You'd have to press the 'Start' button to turn the engine off. PS - I'd like to add that when all else fails=2C you could call 'customer s= ervice' in some foreign country and be instructed in some foreign language = how to fix your car yourself!!!! Please share this with your friends who love - but sometimes hate - their W= indows computer! =20 cheers=2C :) ----------------------------------------------------- =20 > Date: Sat=2C 12 Dec 2009 06:42:55 -0500 > From: aryeh.friedman@gmail.com > To: freebsd-chat@freebsd.org > Subject: A theory on why microsoft makes such crappy stuff after all thes= e years >=20 > Microsoft making crappy products is really a conspiracy. The actually=20 > know how to make good stuff but don't for the following reasons (only=20 > the first on is a new observation likely): >=20 > * If they didn't have any bugs then people would think the program=20 > was counterfeit > * Force people to upgrade hardware and software more often > * Forcing a person to be certified expert to just know how to save=20 > documents > _______________________________________________ > freebsd-chat@freebsd.org mailing list > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-chat > To unsubscribe=2C send any mail to "freebsd-chat-unsubscribe@freebsd.org" =20 _________________________________________________________________ Windows Live: Keep your friends up to date with what you do online. http://go.microsoft.com/?linkid=3D9691815=
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