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neogodlesstoday at 3:06 PM1 replyview on HN

https://bobistheoilguy.com/forums/threads/if-microsoft-built...

If microsoft built cars (joke) (2004)

Possibly better reference:

https://trillian.mit.edu/~jc/humor/WindowsVsCars.html Comparing Microsoft Windows With Cars

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


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The_Presidenttoday at 4:31 PM

Lol, a blast from the past. "You'd have to press the "Start" button to turn the engine off." Not too far from the current state of things.

Arch Linux car would just be a pallet of raw materials with a link to a wiki.