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- Subject: [Fwd: Fw: $25 car]
- From: Tal Azogui <aztal@savan.com>
- Date: Tue, 21 Jul 1998 09:10:18 +0300
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- Subject: Fw: $25 car
- From: "David Meshulam" <Meshulam@ctp.co.il>
- Date: Sun, 19 Jul 1998 10:14:34 +0300
-----Original Message----- From: Vitaly Greenberg <vitaly@ctp.co.il> To: Mesh <meshulam@ctp.co.il>; Alik <albertv@amil.co.il>; Eugeny Greenberg <Eugene_Grinberg@icomverse.com>; Gil Shaket <gils@ctp.co.il>; Startsev Andrew <avexp@etel.ru>; Stella Kirshtein <stella@ei-tech.com> Date: יום ראשון 19 יולי 1998 09:52 Subject: Fw: $25 car > >-----Original Message----- >From: moshe karako <mosh_k@ctp.co.il> >To: 'Amit' (E-mail) <amit@ctp.co.il>; 'Etai B. ' (E-mail) <etai@ctp.co.il>; >GADI SHOR [gadi@ctp.co.il] (E-mail) <gadi@ctp.co.il>; 'Gidon Yuval' (E-mail) ><gidon@ctp.co.il>; 'Hezi S. ' (E-mail) <hezi@ctp.co.il>; 'Ian Levine' >(E-mail) <ian@ctp.co.il>; Ilan Cohen (E-mail) <ilanc@ctp.co.il>; Oshri Malki >[malki@yated.co.il] (E-mail) <malki@yated.co.il>; Sharon Malevsky (E-mail) ><sharon@ctp.co.il>; 'Uzi Bar' (E-mail) <uzi@ctp.co.il>; 'Vitaly Grinberg' >(E-mail) <vitaly@ctp.co.il> >Date: Sunday, July 19, 1998 9:37 AM >Subject: $25 car > > >> >> >>At a recent computer expo (COMDEX), Bill Gates reportedly compared the >>computer industry with the auto industry and stated: "If GM kept up with >>technology like the computer industry has, we would be driving $25 cars >>that got 1000 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 lines on the road, you would have to >>buy a new car. >> >>3. Occasionally your car would die on the freeway for no reason, and >>you would just accept this, restart and drive on. >> >>4. Occasionally, executing a maneuver such as a left turn would cause >>your car to shut down and refuse to start, in which case you would have >>to reinstall the engine. >> >>5. Only one person at a time could use the car, unless you bought >>"Car95" or "CarNT". But then you would have to buy more seats. >> >>6. Apple would make a car that was powered by the sun, reliable, five >>times as fast, and twice as easy to drive, but would only run on 5% of >>the roads. >> >>7. The oil, water temperature and alternator warning lights would be >>replaced by a single "general car default" warning light. >> >>8. New seats would force everyone to have the same size butt. >> >>9. The airbag system would say "Are you sure?" before deploying. >> >>10. Occasionally for no reason whatsoever, your car would lock you out >>and refuse to let you in until you simultaneously lifted the door >>handle, turn the key, and grabbed hold of the radio antenna. >> >>11. GM would require all car buyers to also purchase a deluxe set of >>Rand McNally road maps (now a GM subsidiary), even though they neither >>need them nor want them. Attempting to delete this option would >>immediately cause the car's performance to diminish by 50% or more. >>Moreover, GM would become a target for investigation by the Justice >>Department. >> >>12. 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. >> >>13. You'd press the "Start" button to shut off the engine. >> >> >>------------------------------------------------------------- >>Moshe Karako CTP Systems LTD. >>R&D >>Tel: +972 3 926 0004 >>Fax: +972 3 924 1496 >>Mobile +972 50 57 4829 >>16 bazel ST. Kiryat-Arye Petach-Tikva 49001 Israel >> >-- END included message
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