BillGatesreportedlycomparedthecomputerindustrywiththeautoindustryandstated,"IfGMhadkeptupwithtechnologylikethecomputerindustryhas,wewouldallbedrivingtwenty-five-dollarcarsthatget1,000milestothegallon.", "InresponsetoBillscomments,GeneralMotorsissuedapressreleasestating:IfGMhaddevelopedtechnologylikeMicrosoft,wewouldallbedrivingcarswiththefollowingcharacteristics:", 1.Fornoreasonwhatsoeveryourcarwouldcrashtwiceaday., 2.Everytimetheyrepaintedthelinesontheroadyouwouldhavetobuyanewcar., 3.Occasionallyyourcarwoulddieonthefreewayfornoreason,andyouwouldjustacceptthis,restart,anddriveon., 4.Occasionally,executingamaneuversuchasaleftturnwouldcauseyourcartoshutdownandrefusetotorestart,inwhichcaseyouwouldhavetore-installtheengine., 5.Onlyonepersonatatimecouldusethecar,unlessyoubought"Car98",or"CarNT".However,eventhenyouwouldhavetobuymoreseats., 6.Macintoshwouldmakeacarthatwaspoweredbythesun,reliable,fivetimesasfast,andtwiceaseasytodrive,butwouldonlyrunon5percentoftheroads., 7.Theoil,watertemperature,andalternatorwarninglightswouldbereplacedbyasingle"generalcardefault"warninglight., 8.Newseatswouldforceeveryonetohavethesamesizebutt., 9.Theairbagsystemwouldask"AreYouSure?"beforegoingoff., 10.Occasionally,fornoreasonwhatsoever,yourcarwouldlockyououtandrefusetoletyouinuntilyousimultaneouslyliftedthedoorhandle,turnedthekey,andgrabbedaholdoftheradioantenna., "11.GMwouldrequireallcarbuyerstoalsopurchaseadeluxesetofRandMcNallyroadmaps,(nowaGMsubsidiary),eventhoughtheyneitherneedthemnorwantedthem.Attemptingtodeletethisoptionwouldimmediatelycausethecarsperformancetodiminishby50percentormore.Moreover,GMwouldbecomeatargetforinvestigationbytheJusticeDepartment.", 12.EverytimeGMintroducedanewmodel,carbuyerswouldhavetolearnhowtodrivealloveragainbecausenoneofthecontrolswouldoperateinthesamemannerastheoldcar.