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Bill Gates

If GM had kept up with technology like the computer industry has, we would all be driving $25 cars that got 1,000 MPG.

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Bill Gates is saying that if General Motors had advanced their car technology as quickly as the computer industry has improved, cars would be much cheaper and far more fuel-efficient. He uses this comparison to highlight how rapid innovation in technology can lead to dramatic improvements in products.

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