一则笑话 ： 微软和通用公司

这是一个很老的笑话了。。。

Gates  vs. GM

At  a recent computer expo (COMDEX), Bill Gates reportedly compared the
computer industry with the auto industry and stated,
在最近一次的电脑展示会上，微软公司的比尔.盖兹将电脑工业和汽车工业进行了比较。比尔说，如果通用公司能够如同电脑行业一样一直更新他们的科技，那么他们今天应该能够造出一辆价值25美元，并且每加仑汽油能够跑上1000英里的汽车了。

'If GM had kept up with technology like the computer industry has, we
would all be driving $25.00 cars that got 1,000 miles to the gallon.'

In response to Bill's comments, General Motors issued a press release
stating:
通用公司针对此的回应如下：

If GM had developed technology like Microsoft, we would all be driving
cars with the following characteristics (and I just love this part):
如果通用公司如同微软公司一样的话，那么我们的产品将有如下特点：

1.  For no reason whatsoever, your car would crash........Twice a day.
每天毫无理由的崩溃两次

2.  Every time they repainted the lines in the road, you would have to
buy a new  car.
每次公路上的分割线重新划分的时候，你需要买一辆新车

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.
偶尔，你的车会在高速公路上熄火。你需要将车推到路边，将所有的车窗关上，关掉引擎，重新启动，重新将车窗打开。你将习惯如此的操作

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.
偶尔，当你操作车子，比如说转左的时候，汽车会拒绝如此操作并且无法重新启动，这时候你需要重新安装一个新的引擎

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.
苹果公司会制造一辆以太阳能为能源的汽车，可靠性高，五倍于微软的速度，并且操作要简单一倍－－唯一的问题是它只能在不到5％的公路上行驶

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.
油指示灯，水温计和其他警告指示灯将被“你的车正在进行非法操作”的指示灯所取代

7.  The airbag system would ask 'Are you sure?' before deploying.
气囊在迸出之前将提示：你是否确认此次操作

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.
偶然，没有任何理由的情况下，你的车会不允许你进入，除非你能够同时拉开车门，扭动车钥匙并且抓紧收音机的天线

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.
每次新车出世，车主必须重新学习如何驾驶，因为所有的操作程序已经改变

10.  You'd have to press the 'Start' button to turn the engine  off
你需要按“开始”键去关掉引擎

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