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Below is what would happen if certain operating systems were in charge of
running your car as you try to get to the store...
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Gia Moran

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> 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 
 
> there is a freight train attached to the back of the car.
> 
> Macintosh 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 speeds of 
 
> 200 miles per hour en route, your arrive at the barber 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 mail the letter to your   
> dashboard.
> 
> Taligent:  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 Lear   
> jet.
> 
> OS/2:  After fueling 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.
> 
> OS/400:  An attendant locks you into the car and then drives you to the  

> store where you watch everybody else buy filet mignons.
> 
> WAX/VMS:  You use up tremendous amounts of gas to drive very slowly and  

> you only see an image of the store.