If Operating Systems Drove Your Car
MS-DOS: You get in the car and try to remember where you put the keys.
WINDOWS: You get in the car and drive to the store very slowly, because attached to the back of the car is a freight train.
MAC SYSTEM 7: You get in the car to go to the store and the car drives you to church.
UNIX: You get in the car and type GREP STORE. After reaching 2000 mph en route, you arrive at the barber's shop.
WINDOWS NT: You get in the car and write a letter that says 'go to the store'. Then you get out of the car and nail the letter to the dashboard.
TALIGENT/PINK: You walk to the store with Ricardo Montalban who tells you how wonderful it will be when he can fly you to the store in his Learjet.
OS/2: After fuelling up with 6000 gallons of gas you get in the car and drive to the store with a motorcycle escort and a marching band in procession. Halfway there, the car blows up, killing everyone in town.
S/36 SSP: You get in the car and drive to the store. Halfway there you run out of gas. While walking the rest of the way you are run over by kids on mopeds.
AS/400: An attendant kicks you into the car and then drives you to the store where you watch everyone else buy filets mignon.
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