Looking for "If OSes were soup"?
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| sbergman27 Sep 08, 2006 7:43 AM EDT |
Hi, I'm hoping that maybe someone here can help me. I'm looking for an old humor piece (not featured on LXer so far as I know) called "If OSes Were Soup". It's a hilarious, witty, insightful vignette comparing the qualities of various OSes and their users, which is set in a restaurant. I remember that they were calling MacOS X "Rhapsody" so it was some years ago. I remember a number of distinguishing words from the piece, but even Google doesn't seem to know about it, so I'm not hopeful. If anyone has any suggestions, I'd appreciate it! And if you do happen on to it: READ IT! :-0 |
| jimf Sep 08, 2006 7:47 AM EDT |
I remember the old one about if OS's were airlines, but soup? Here is the origional one from 1995 : http://www.columbia.edu/~sss31/rainbow/op.systems.html And, here is an obviously later updated one : http://webaugur.com/bibliotheca/field_stock/os-airlines.html |
| sbergman27 Sep 08, 2006 8:18 AM EDT |
Found it! I was searching Google archives, but this predates Google. I should have been searching their Usenet archive which goes back to Biblical times: http://tinyurl.com/kq5pf |
| SFN Sep 08, 2006 8:20 AM EDT |
Quoting:You had to do what with the seat?That still makes me laugh every time I read it. |
| Scott_Ruecker Sep 08, 2006 8:48 PM EDT |
I shared this with a couple of my co-workers and they could not stop laughing. I have seen this and another one called "If Microsoft Made Cars". http://www.netscrap.com/netscrap_detail.cfm?scrap_id=689 |
| cyber_rigger Sep 08, 2006 9:55 PM EDT |
The version I read years ago stated that you had to close all your windows before restarting. http://www.gatago.com/uk/comp/misc/8134544.html |
| dcparris Sep 08, 2006 10:03 PM EDT |
Well, today - of all days - one of the sys admins where I work started a backup of an employee's PC, and asked the 2nd shift guy to monitor it. The young fellow asked if he was anticipating trouble, and the admin said he always expects trouble with backups, since they frequently die for no apparent reason. That's when I said, "Of course! You have to consider the kind of network (Windows) you guys run!" Even the admin laughed. |
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