A Guide to Modern Operating Systems

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  • kassi59
    Major General

    • Nov 2005
    • 2771

    A Guide to Modern Operating Systems

    Unix
    You shoot yourself in the foot.

    DOS
    You keep running up against the one-bullet barrier.

    MS-Windows
    The gun blows up in your hand.

    Windows NT
    The gun is so huge and unwieldy that you have to keep swapping it from one hand to the other.

    OS/2
    The gun and the bullet aren't speaking to each other any more.

    Mac Finder
    It's easy to shoot yourself in the foot -- just point and shoot.

    AIX
    You can shoot yourself in the foot with either a .38 or a .45.

    IRIX
    The Terminator shoots you in the foot. A T-Rex bites your other foot.

    SVR4
    The gun isn't compatible with your foot.

    Minix
    You learn how to shoot yourself in the foot with a Saturday Night Special.

    Linux
    Generous programmers from around the world all join forces to help you shoot yourself in the foot for free.

    HURD
    You'll be able to shoot yourself in the foot Real Soon Now.

    VM/CMS
    IBM shoots you in the foot.

    VMS
    FOOT ambiguous: supply more toes.

    AMIGA-DOS
    The gun works pretty well, except that few people use one and it's impossible to find bullets.

    Mach
    The bullets work pretty well, but they don't make guns for it any more.

    Cray
    You shoot yourself in the foot with an Uzi.

    MasPar
    You shoot all of your friends' feet simultaneously.
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