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From: jdege@winternet.com (Jeff Dege)
Newsgroups: comp.os.386bsd.misc,comp.os.linux.misc,comp.os.os2.advocacy,alt.folklore.computers
Subject: Re: Linux thoroughly insulted by Infoworld!
Followup-To: comp.os.386bsd.misc,comp.os.linux.misc,comp.os.os2.advocacy,alt.folklore.computers
Date: 11 Feb 1995 02:01:48 GMT
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R. D. Davis (rdavis4@umbc.edu) wrote:
: >> In <3fv5jm$ie6@plato.simons-rock.edu>, karl@plato.simons-rock.edu
: >> (Karl A. Krueger) writes:
: >> >In article <3fusq3$1cu7@whale.st.usm.edu>,
: >> >John William Chambless <chambles@whale.st.usm.edu> wrote:
: >> >
: >> >>>This is why I call MS-DOS the "Budweiser of operating systems"! :-)
: >> >>Nah. Maybe the Thunderbird of operating systems --
: >> >>it's cheap, available everywhere, and it makes me puke.
: >> >
: >> >Thunderbird? Try Lada!
: Better yet, why not call it the Japanese car of operating systems;
: like MS-DOS, it's over priced, not only is it easily breakable, but
: it's mostly broken when new, it succeeded only because of slick
: marketing tactics and gullible consumers, has no real substance, is
: flimsy, each version doesn't last long, etc. Sounds like a Japanese
: car to me... the only difference is it doesn't rust.
: Ford Thunderbirds, on the other hand, were once very nice, very
: powerful, automobiles; that is, before the Japanese car companies and
: the US government conspired to force the US automakers to stop making
: so many nice cars that were comfortable to ride in and had powerful
: engines. Now, we're stuck with a bunch of little cars that are way
: overpowered and a few larger cars that are grossly underpowered. What
: we need are more PDP-11 computers being manufactured and cars, like
: Gran Torino and LTD station wagons, that are big enough to haul them
: around in with 460 CID V8 engines (or at least "351 Cleveland" (351
: CID, V8, approx. 300HP) engines for the slightly smaller Gran
: Torinos).
I've got one of those 351 Clevelands, in the '79 Econoline I bought
a few months back when my '86 Escort blew a head-gasket. 230,000 miles,
rusted to hell, starts easier and drivers smoother than the Escort did
new. The master cylinder went bad, and I discovered that the parts
are more reliable, more widley available, much less expensive, and
enormously easier to install. On the other hand, it's a pain to park
and I spend just about 4x as much on gas.
I purchased this thing because I'm finally finishing paying off some
old bills and I didn't want to take on car payments till summer. I'm
beginning to think that it might be nice to keep the van around even after
I buy myself something new (and cheaper to drive.)
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