[DMCForum] If Operating Systems Were Airlines

["Shannon Yocom" <ssdelorean@xxxxxxxxx>]

[ crawling out of the hole I was in ] . . . 

This from Mac magazine circa early 90's.

Shannon Y

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If Operating Systems Were Airlines

DOS Air:
Passengers walk out onto the runway, grab hold of the plane, push it until
it
gets in the air, hop on, then jump off when it hits the ground. They grab
the
plane again, push it back into the air, hop on, jump off...

Mac Airways:
The cashiers, flight attendants, and pilots all look the same, talk the
same, and
act the same. When you ask them questions about the flight, they reply
that you
don't want to know, don't need to know, and would you please return to
your seat
and watch the movie. 

Windows Airlines:
The terminal is neat and clean, the attendants courteous, the pilots
capable. The
fleet of Lear jets the carrier operates is immense. Your jet takes off
without a
hitch, pushes above the clouds and, at 20,000 feet, explodes without
warning.

OS/2 Skyways: 
The terminal is almost empty - only a few prospective passengers mill
about. The
announcer says that a flight has just departed, although no planes appear
to be
on the runway. Airline personnel apologize profusely to customers in
hushed
voices, pointing from time to time to the sleek, powerful jets outside.
they tell
each passenger hoe great the flight will be on these new jets and how much
safer
it will be than Windows Airlines, but they will have to wait a little
linger for
the technicians to finish the flight systems. Maybe until mid-1995. Maybe
longer.

Fly Windows NT:
Passengers carry their seats out onto the tarmac and place them in the
outline of
a plane. They sit down, flap their arms, and make jet swooshing sounds as
if they
are flying.

Unix Express:
Passengers bring a piece of the airplane and a box of tools with them to
the
airport. They gather on the tarmac, arguing about what kind of plane they
want to
build. The passengers split into groups and build several different
aircraft but
give them the same name. Only some passengers reach their destinations,
but all
of them believe they arrived.

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