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Bill Gates vs. GM
比爾·蓋茨與通用汽車公司
At a 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 $25.00 cars that got 1,000 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:
在計算機博覽會上，比爾·蓋茨比較了電腦行業與汽車工業，說：“如果通用汽車工業能跟計算機技術媲美，我們可以駕駛25美元的汽車，一加侖汽油可以跑1000英里。為了回應比爾的評論，通用汽車發布了一份新聞稿，說如果通用汽車公司研發諸如微軟這樣的技術，我們駕駛的汽車將具有以下特點：
1. For no reason whatsoever, your car would crash twice a day.
沒有任何理由，你的車一天會崩潰兩次。
2. Every time they repainted the lines in the road, you would have to buy a new car.
每次環衛工人重新粉刷了馬路上的線，你就得買一部新車。
3. Occasionally your car would die on the freeway for no reason. You would have to pull over 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.
有時你的車會莫名其妙在高速公路上毫無征兆地熄火。你不得不把車停在路邊，關上所有窗戶，關閉汽車，然后重新啟動，并在你可能開啟汽車之前重新打開窗戶。因為某些原因，你只能這樣做。
4. Occasionally, executing a maneuver such as a left turn would cause your car to shut down
偶爾，執行一個例如左轉的操作，會使得你的車關閉，
