OS AirLines
| 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 colourful, 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 plane 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?" |
References are nice. Here's one I like:
http://www.linuxscrew.com/2007/10/07/fun-linux-unix-windows-os-x-and-dos-airlines/
I like OS X Air.
But I think they got a few things wrong with Air DOS and Windows XP Air.
The Air DOS description left out that only one person can actually be on the plane at any given time. Everyone else has to be hopping in the air. No one can come down out of their hop and hop again until you hop, but sometimes someone forgets and comes down anyway, causing the airplane to crash. The flight itself is minimalistic but pleasant. Don't forget your manners.
The XP Air airplanes that you see on the tarmac are actually pictures of great big airplanes. The actual airplanes themselves are small and fast, and if you duck past the right security points (they can't really stop you), you can change the in-flight entertainment. (But none of the other options.)
http://www.linuxscrew.com/2007/10/07/fun-linux-unix-windows-os-x-and-dos-airlines/
I like OS X Air.
But I think they got a few things wrong with Air DOS and Windows XP Air.
The Air DOS description left out that only one person can actually be on the plane at any given time. Everyone else has to be hopping in the air. No one can come down out of their hop and hop again until you hop, but sometimes someone forgets and comes down anyway, causing the airplane to crash. The flight itself is minimalistic but pleasant. Don't forget your manners.
The XP Air airplanes that you see on the tarmac are actually pictures of great big airplanes. The actual airplanes themselves are small and fast, and if you duck past the right security points (they can't really stop you), you can change the in-flight entertainment. (But none of the other options.)
@Duoas,
Also, for Air DOS, only 6 people are allowed on board at a time, and all names are truncated to 8 characters.
Also, for Air DOS, only 6 people are allowed on board at a time, and all names are truncated to 8 characters.
O: I didn't have a source for it. A friend copied and pasted it into a chat window while I was at work.
Also I think they left something out of Linux Air, sometimes your chair wont fit because you're missing some of the parts they expected you to have in the first place.
Also I think they left something out of Linux Air, sometimes your chair wont fit because you're missing some of the parts they expected you to have in the first place.
Windows Vista Air
The plane is really nice looking, with many shiny things. It has everything you could ever ask for, they really go all out giving you a lot of really good looking things. Everything is extremely well designed in terms of the look, but as you look around you start to notice that it seemed to have been put together rather sloppily, and things don't seem to go together quite well. As the plane begins to take off, you wonder how all these things could fit on the plane. Eventually the plane takes off but it never gets more than a hundred feet of the ground. Eventually it crashes into a mountain.
The plane is really nice looking, with many shiny things. It has everything you could ever ask for, they really go all out giving you a lot of really good looking things. Everything is extremely well designed in terms of the look, but as you look around you start to notice that it seemed to have been put together rather sloppily, and things don't seem to go together quite well. As the plane begins to take off, you wonder how all these things could fit on the plane. Eventually the plane takes off but it never gets more than a hundred feet of the ground. Eventually it crashes into a mountain.
Well there are a few daughter airlines of BSD Air.
Attempting to fly FreeBSD air often results with the passenger's head exploding upon entering the terminal.
Attempting to fly FreeBSD air often results with the passenger's head exploding upon entering the terminal.
FreeBSD air is extremely fast and stable and it never crashes. Additionally, it is staff-compatible with Linux air. OpenBSD air is very secure - terrorism is practically impossible, but it is also slower than FreeBSD air, and to get on the plane you have to spend hours waiting for security checks. NetBSD air use the widest variety of planes, including some which aren't really planes at all, but still manage to fly somehow. Every now and again UNIX air sues BSD air and its subsidiaries.
With Linux air, some parts of the plane have to be added just before take-off because they aren't GPL compatible and therefore can't be distributed with the fuselage. When they are added, a message appears on the side of the plane saying "the Plane is tainted".
With Linux air, some parts of the plane have to be added just before take-off because they aren't GPL compatible and therefore can't be distributed with the fuselage. When they are added, a message appears on the side of the plane saying "the Plane is tainted".
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