Date: Fri, 15 Apr 94 19:30:06 EDT
Newsgroups: rec.humor.funny
From: jelson AT condor.cs.jhu.edu (Jeremy Elson)
Subject: FOOTOS -- A Guide to Modern Operating Systems
This was inspired by the recent file making its rounds on the Net describing
how to shoot yourself in the foot in a variety of programming languages.
Now, the madness is extended to operating systems.
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Unix
You shoot yourself in the foot.
DOS
You keep running up against the one-bullet barrier.
MS-Windows
The gun blows up in your hand.
Windows NT
The gun is so huge and unwieldy that you have to keep swapping
it from one hand to the other.
OS/2
The gun and the bullet aren't speaking to each other any more.
Mac Finder
It's easy to shoot yourself in the foot -- just point and shoot.
AIX
You can shoot yourself in the foot with either a .38 or a .45.
IRIX
The Terminator shoots you in the foot. A T-Rex bites your other
foot.
SVR4
The gun isn't compatible with your foot.
Minix
You learn how to shoot yourself in the foot with a Saturday
Night Special.
Linux
Generous programmers from around the world all join forces to help
you shoot yourself in the foot for free.
HURD
You'll be able to shoot yourself in the foot Real Soon Now.
VM/CMS
IBM shoots you in the foot.
VMS
\FOOT\ ambiguous: supply more toes.
AMIGA-DOS
The gun works pretty well, except that few people use one and
it's impossible to find bullets.
Mach
The bullets work pretty well, but they don't make guns for it any
more.
Cray
You shoot yourself in the foot with an Uzi.
MasPar
You shoot all of your friends' feet simultaneously.