In-depth artikel over Microsoft's Product Activation

Er was toch een tijdje terug een uitspraak van GM dat als je GM met MS zou vergelijken dat je dan:

* voor een nieuwe auto maar 100 gld kwijt zou zijn
* als je dan een nieuwe auto had dat ie niet op de huidige weg zou rijden
* hij bij elke hobbel of bocht vast zou lopen

en nog meer van die uitspraken. Ga de tekst wel even zoeken

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Microsoft v General Motors


To a recent computer expo, 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 dollar cars that got 1000 miles to the gallon." In response to Bill's comments, GM issued a press release stating: IfGM 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 restart, in which case you would
have to re-install the engine.

5. Only one person at a time could use the car unless you bought "Car 95" or "Car NT". But, then you would have to buy more seats.


6. The oil, water temperature and alternator warning lights would be replaced by a single "general car default" warning light.

7. New seats would force everyone to have the same size butt.

8. The airbag system would say "Are you sure?' before going off.

9. 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.

10. 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 Dept.

11. Every time GM introduced a new mode' 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.

12. You'd press the "start" button to shut off the engine.