Interesting comentary from the internet.... 
 

[This one is changing based on good old oral tradition.  It's been around and around, and probably isn't true, but it is fun!] 

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 twenty-five dollar cars that got 1000 miles to the gallon." 

In response to Bill's comments, General Motors issued a press release stating (by Mr Welch himself): 
 

> 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 re-painted 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 reinstall the engine. 
> 
>  5.  Only one person at a time could use the car, unless you bought 
>       "Car98" or "CarNT."  But then you would have to buy more seats. 
> 
>  6.  Macintosh 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 five per cent of the roads. 
> 
>  7.  The oil, water temperature and alternator warning lights would 
>       be replaced by a single "general car fault" warning light. 
> 
>  8.  New seats would force everyone to have the same size butt. 
> 
>  9.  The airbag system would say "Are you sure?" before going off. 
> 
> 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, turned the key, and grab 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 needed nor wanted 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.  Everytime 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.