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