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[QUOTE="polysciguy9, post: 682833, member: 22320"] Forgive me if you've seen some version of this before - this didn't actually take place, but it's still funny. I saw it on airliners.net and thought some of you guys might find it funny. Enjoy. [color=black]At a recent computer expo (COMDEX), Bill Gates reportedly compared the computer industry with the aircraft industry and stated, "If Embraer had kept up with technology like the computer industry has, we would all be flying $25.00 planes that go 1,000 miles per hour." In response to Bill's comments, Embraer issued a press release stating: If Embraer had developed technology like Microsoft, we would all be flying planes with the following characteristics: 1. For no reason whatsoever, your plane would crash twice a day. 2. Every time they repainted taxiway and runway lines, you would have to buy a new plane. 3. Occasionally your plane would die on the runway for no reason. You would have to pull to the side, open all of the doors, shut off the plane, restart it, and reclose the doors before you could continue. For some reason you would simply accept this. 4. Occasionally, executing a maneuver such as a left turn would cause your plane to shut down and refuse to restart, in which case you would have to reinstall the engine. 5. Macintosh would make a plane that was powered by the sun, was reliable, five times as fast and twice as easy to fly - but would run on only five percent of the airways. 6. The oil temperature, pressure and generator warning lights would all be replaced by a single "This Aircraft Has Performed an Illegal Operation" warning light. 7. The groundspoiler system would ask "Are you sure?" before deploying. 8. Occasionally, for no reason whatsoever, your plane would lock you out and refuse to let you in until you simultaneously lifted the door handle, turned the nosewheel and grabbed hold of the VHF radio antenna. 9. Every time a new plane was introduced pilots would have to learn how to fly all over again because none of the controls would operate in the same manner as the old plane. 10. You'd have to press the "Start" button to turn the engine off. [/color] [/QUOTE]
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