From: Frank Roberts (sotl155360@earthlink.net)
Date: Fri 08 Oct 1999 - 01:38:49 IST
> IF OPERATING SYSTEMS RAN THE AIRLINES - by J. Hovind > _______________________________________ > > UNIX Airways > > Everyone brings one piece of the plane along when they come to the > airport. They all go out on the runway and put > the plane together piece by piece, arguing non-stop about what kind > of plane they are supposed to be building. > > Air DOS > > Everybody pushes the airplane until it glides, then they jump on > and let the plane coast until it hits the ground again. > Then they push again, jump on again, and so on ... > > Mac Airlines > > All the stewards, captains, baggage handlers, and ticket agents > look and act exactly the same. Every time you ask > questions about details, you are gently but firmly told that you > don't need to know, don't want to know, and > everything will be done for you without your ever having to know, > so just shut up. > > Windows Air > > The terminal is pretty and colorful, with friendly stewards, easy > baggage check and boarding, and a smooth take-off. > After about 10 minutes in the air, the plane explodes with no > warning whatsoever. > > Windows NT Air > > Just like Windows Air, but costs more, uses much bigger planes, and > takes out all the other aircraft within a 40-mile > radius when it explodes. > > Linux Air > > Disgruntled employees of all the other OS airlines decide to start > their own airline. They build the planes, ticket > counters, and pave the runways themselves. They charge a small fee > to cover the cost of printing the ticket, but you > can also download and print the ticket yourself. When you board the > plane, you are given a seat, four bolts, a wrench > and a copy of the seat-HOWTO.html. Once settled, the fully > adjustable seat is very comfortable, the plan leaves and > arrives on time without a single problem, the in-flight meal is > wonderful. You try to tell customers of the other airlines > about the great trip, but all they can say is, "You had to do what > with the seat?" > > ================================================== Jörgen Overgaard wrote: > Check out this link here... > > http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=99/10/05/1714254&mode=thread > > It has some good comments about it. > > Webbsidan har förutom tunna argument flera rena faktafel, till exempel att Linux skulle ha någon slags begränsning på swapfiler till 128MB, och att filstorleken är max 2GB. > > The Microsoft's webpage about NT is better than Linux has, besides very thin arguments, > many faulty facts. > For example.. They say that the size of the swapfile on Linux is limited to 128 Mb.. That's wrong. > They say that the filesize is limited to a maximum of 2GB.. Also wrong... > > If Linux happened to be commercial, I bet MS would be suied for thoose arguments! I bet you! > > Well.. MS can play along with their NT, whilst we other Pro's use Unix! :-) > > 73 de SM4WWG, Jörgen > > -----Ursprungligt meddelande----- > Från: Rowan Eppelstun <reppelstun@futuregroup.com.au> > Till: Gerry Creager <gerry@page4.tamu.edu> > Kopia: Tony Hernandez <tony.hernandez@intellon.com>; 'Yoshi' <jpkc@socrates.if.usp.br>; 'lista linux-apps' <linux-apps@vger.rutgers.edu>; 'lista linux-config' <linux-config@vger.rutgers.edu>; 'lista linux-console' <linux-console@vger.rutgers.edu>; 'lista linux-hams' <linux-hams@vger.rutgers.edu>; 'lista linux-ipx' <linux-ipx@vger.rutgers.edu>; 'lista linux-kernel' <linux-kernel@vger.rutgers.edu>; 'lista linux-net' <linux-net@vger.rutgers.edu>; 'Lista linux-newbie' <linux-newbie@vger.rutgers.edu>; 'lista linux-opengl' <linux-opengl@vget.rutgers.edu>; 'lista linux-ppp' <linux-ppp@vger.rutgers.edu>; 'lista linux-svgalib' <linux-svgalib@vger.rutgers.edu>; 'lista linux-x11' <linux-x11@vger.rutgers.edu> > Datum: den 7 oktober 1999 03:19 > Ämne: Re: Little off topic, but interesting (fwd) > > > > >And why is it also that Apache is the Number One web server on the > >internet, beating IIS by 55% to 22% of the Market. ( Netcraf Survey ). > > > >Seems kind of a contradiction....... > > > >On Wed, 6 Oct 1999, Gerry Creager wrote: > > > >> > > >> > Funniest thing is, microsoft runs Apache on alott of their web servers! what > >> > bullshitters. > >> > # > From: Joseph Keen <jkeen@elvis.rowan.edu> > >> > # > >> > # Look at this link. > >> > # > >> > # http://www.microsoft.com/ntserver/nts/news/msnw/LinuxMyths.asp > >> > # > >> > # Don't they realize that windows is a video game? > >> > >> If it's so good, why did I pull it off and install Linux, and then keep NT > >> around as a VMWare application? > >> > >> Gerry Creager > >> Mapping Sciences Laboratory > >> Texas A&M University > >> > > > >------------------------------------------------------------------------------- > >Rowan Eppelstun > >Data Communications Engineer > >reppelstun@futuregroup.com.au > >FUTURE GROUP PTY LTD > >------------------------------------------------------------------------------- > > > > - > To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-net" in > the body of a message to majordomo@vger.rutgers.edu
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