---------------- harvested from the net

VMS is like a Soviet railroad train.  It's basically industrial-strength, but
when you look at it closely, everything's a little more shabby than you might
like.  It gets the job done, but there's no grace to it.

The Mac operating system is like the monorail at Disney World.  It's kind of
spectacular and fun, but it doesn't go much of anywhere. Still, the kids like
it.

Unix is like the maritime transit system in an impoverished country. The
ferryboats are dangerous as hell, offer no protection from the weather and leak
like sieves.  Every monsoon season a couple of them capsize and drown all the
passengers, but people still line up for them and crowd aboard.

---------------- philg@mit.edu's personal viewpoint

UNIX:  you think it won't work, but if you find the right wizard, you
can make it work.

Macintosh:  you think it will work, but it won't.

PC/Windows:  you think it won't work and it won't.