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- Newsgroups: comp.os.os2.advocacy
- Path: sparky!uunet!microsoft!wingnut!petesk
- From: petesk@microsoft.com (Pete Skelly)
- Subject: Re: Windows is a Volkswagon
- Message-ID: <1992Nov08.003947.19457@microsoft.com>
- Date: 08 Nov 92 00:39:47 GMT
- Organization: Microsoft Corp.
- References: <1992Nov5.203447.21012@access.usask.ca> <1992Nov4.205644.6653@mksol.dseg.ti.com>
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- In article <1992Nov5.203447.21012@access.usask.ca> lowey@jester.usask.ca wrote:
- > Windows may or may not be an operating system. I don't really care.
- > I prefer to believe Windows is a Volkswagon. The argument that
- > Windows is a Volkswagon is probably more relevant to this newsgroup
- > than whether Windows is an operating system or not, and would probably
- > be less boring.
- >
- > Windows is a Volkswagon because even though it is underpowered and has
- > been around a long time, it's very popular and gets the job done.
- I must disagree, because I didn't get one of those nifty little VW
- symbols in my Windows Box :(
-
- >
- > On the other hand, Windows/NT is a "cab forward" Chrysler. It sounds
- > like a good idea, the company that made it is pushing it as a good
- > idea, but we'll have to wait and see whether the hype really means
- > anything in the long run.
- Naaahh, It drives like on of those urban utility vehicles. You know,
- kind of like a Cherokee, or a Pathfinder. Actually, no, more like a
- grand cherokee, because you need a big engine.
-
- >
- > OS/2 is a Jeep. It may not be as pretty as a "cab forward" Chrysler,
- > and it may not be as popular as the VW Bug, but once you get used to
- > its quirks (like four-wheel drive) you can go places you never dreamed
- > possible before.
-
- Yeah, but to take it off road, you need to find the right apps, errr, tires.
- Kind of rare right now, but growing from what y'all have said.
-
- petesk@microsoft.com
- My Opinions...
-