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By and David Littlefield David Littlefield David Littlefield 2005-05-20T00:00:00

There is a good joke that Microsoft boss Bill Gates once commented that, if General Motors had developed automotive technology at the same rate as the computer industry developed, we’d all be driving $25 cars that did 1,000 miles to the gallon.

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