An oldie but a goodie...

["Brad ." <capstone7 hotmail com>]

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 
couteous, 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 how 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 longer 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 all the same name. 
Only some passengers reach their destinations, but _all_ of them believe 
they arrived. 

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