There was a huge battle between GM and Microsoft at COMDEX years ago, when Bill Gates said, “If GM had kept up with technology like the computer industry has, we would all be driving $25 cars that got 1,000 miles to the gallon.” GM got pissed and issued a press release suggesting how poorly a Microsoft-built car would operate, comparing it to Windows — how often the car would crash, how incompatible it would be, and so forth. It hit me as I drove the Tesla last week that it likely comes the closest to what a firm like Microsoft might build.
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If Microsoft Built a Car, It Would Be Like a Tesla
Posted by: Rob Enderle June 24, 2013 05:00 AMThere was a huge battle between GM and Microsoft at COMDEX years ago, when Bill Gates said, “If GM had kept up with technology like the computer industry has, we would all be driving $25 cars that got 1,000 miles to the gallon.” GM got pissed and issued a press release suggesting how poorly a Microsoft-built car would operate, comparing it to Windows — how often the car would crash, how incompatible it would be, and so forth. It hit me as I drove the Tesla last week that it likely comes the closest to what a firm like Microsoft might build.