Slaming the billygoat, Microsoft vs GM
I might be a bit naughty and this thread may be removed by the moderators, but let's see what happens. No offence intended.
Does anybody remember the Microsoft vs GM article that was circulated widely some time back?
It went something like this
At a recent computer expo (COMDEX), Bill Gates reportedly compared the computer industry with the auto industry and stated, "If GM had kept up with technology like the computer industry has, we would all be driving twenty-five dollar cars that got 1000 mi/gal."
How imaginitive can the Mepis community get with this one? Want to give it a try? How does Linux fare in the great race?
Only clean and tasteful please.
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Linux is the junkyard car
Linux is the junkyard car thrown together from spare parts. After much tinkering you finally get the thing running... sort of. But there are always things that are not quite right... to make the headlights work you must yank the hotwire from the stereo and stick it up your nose while simultaneously stepping on the clutch and then stomp your foot three times. If everything is configured just right, the headlights will work. Most linux owners just drive in the dark and insist that this makes them better drivers.
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Bob L Hunter
bicycle tourist, bookworm, linux newbie
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When Mepis is winning, it's
When Mepis is winning, it's the equivalent of a 410 Outlaw Winged Sprinter with Steve Kinser hard over on the high bank throwing a rooster tail of tacky clay up into the stands. Warren Woodford, turns the wrenches for the Mepis Sprinter, and there's none better.
http://www.stevekinser.com/history.htm
Have You Seen These?
If Operating Systems Were Airlines
http://www.ahajokes.com/com042.html
Unix: Everyone brings one piece of the plane. Then they go on the runway and piece it together, all the while arguing about what kind of plane they're building.
If Microsoft Build Cars
http://www.ahajokes.com/com091.html
You could only have one person at a time in your car, unless you bought a car '95 or a car NT, but then you would have to buy more seats.
Jon
Car related
Ms
You can have any car you wish, as long as it is blue.
Linux
We'll give you the paint and the booth.
Ms
The keys to your car can not be replicated, the vehicle was never yours, we only leased it to you for an exhorbatant fee.
Linux
Keys? who needs them, our vehicles are so secure, they don't need keys.
Ms
Servicing is not an issue, in fact it is not possible, our cars have the bonnet welded shut.
Linux
Would you like the blueprint tools and materials with your car sir?
MS
When the engine fails, the whole car must be taken to the tip. You may not use parts from it to build another.
Linux
Each vehicle can be cloned a million times if you wish and there is no limitation on how many copies you can make of the first one, or even give away for free to your friends.
Erroneous comparison
What race? Where's the competition? If Windows were a car it would only have one wheel - if that