[2000] in Humor
HUMOR CLASSIC: In Honor of Humor Message #2000
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (abennett@MIT.EDU)
Fri Apr 4 23:25:03 1997
From: <abennett@MIT.EDU>
To: humor@MIT.EDU
Date: Fri, 04 Apr 1997 23:23:32 EST
Yes, #2,000!
Here's Humor message #1
-Drew
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From: abennett@ATHENA.MIT.EDU
Subject: Operating System Analogies
Date: Mon, 20 Aug 90 12:46:26 EDT
Came to me from Thinking Machines, via SDSC. Don't know who the author is...
VMS is like a Soviet railroad train. It's basically industrial strength,
but when you look at it closely, everything's a little more shabby than
you might like. It gets the job done, but there's no grace to it.
The Mac operating system is like the monorail at Disney World. It's kind of
spectacular and fun, but it doesn't go much of anywhere. Still, the kids
like it.
Unix is like the maritime transport system in an impoverished country. The
ferryboats are dangerous as hell, offer no protection from the weather and
leak like sieves, Every monsoon season a couple of them capsize and drown
all the passengers, but people still line up for them and crowd aboard.
