2: The Open University would make a fortune on courses in Microsoft DishWash.

3: You could get cheap books explaining the features of the dishwasher.

4: You could buy a developing version of you dishwasher.

5: The number of ways to wash up would increase and so would the number of buttons on the dishwasher.

6: You also had to use Microsoft DishPowder to use the dishwasher as advertized.

7: No one would wonder why the dishwasher uses 25 square metres of the house floor.

8: Broken dishes would be named "Serious dish-error".

9: You would need more memory to remeber the meaning of the buttons on the dishwasher

10: The mashine would scan the contents and send a report to Microsoft.

11: Broken china would not be the result of a bug, but of the feature: "Find bad china".

12: The number of hardware shops would increase drastically.

13: The sale of new houses would increase too.

14: The manual would be heavier than the dishwasher ...

15: ... and less usable than a phone book from 1967.

16: Noone would wonder if the dishwasher blows up by mistake ...

17: ... and an upgrade to DishWasher '95 would be available a month after.

18: The start button for the mashine would we mentioned as the innovation of the year in the business ...

19: ... and the dishwasher magazines would believe it!

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