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From: phixus@netcom.com (Chris DeSalvo)
Subject: Re: The Programmer's Handy Guide to the Languages (humor)
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Here's a similar file that discusses various operating systems.

			The Task:
			GO TO THE STORE


MS-DOS:  You get in the car and try to remember where you put
your keys.

Windows: You get in the car and drive to the store very slowly,
because attached to the back of the car is a freight train.

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, you 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/Pink:  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 Learjet.

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 everybody in town.

S/36 SSP [mainframe, obv.]:  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.

AS/400:  An attendant locks you into the car and then drives you
to the store, where you get to watch everybody else buy
filet mignons.

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