So True

This has probably already been shared Many times but it seems So True that I'm posting this gift from my sister.

If anyone out there is a blind or deaf-blind computer user, we could make our own list of glitches, comparing "accessible"? technology to driverless cars.

I'm sure this story is only half true, but what follows is pretty funny!

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 (and

I just love this part):

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. For

some reason you would 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 re-install 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 five percent 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.

I love the next one!

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.

PS - I'd like to add that when all else fails, you could

call "customer service" 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 computer!