It would be interesting to see whether the winning sites were propelled to the top more via Slashdot or BoingBoing.
CryingWhileEating and IP Justice League are already linked from BoingBoing.
If OS's Were Cars
If operating systems ran your car, and you needed to go to the shops...
MS-DOS: You get in the car and try to remember where you put the keys.
Windows: You get in the car and drive to the shops very slowly, because attached to the back of the car is a freight train.
Macintosh System 7: You get in the car to drive to the shops and the car drives you to church.
Unix: You get in the car and type 'grep store'. After reaching speeds of 200 mph en route, you arrive at the barbershop.
Windows NT: You get in the car and write a letter that says "go to the shops". Then you get out of the car and nail the letter to the dashboard.
Taligent/Pink: You walk to the store with Ricardo Montalban who tells you how wonderful it will be when he can fly you to the store in his LearJet.
OS/2: After fuelling up with 6000 gallons of fuel, you get in the car and drive to the shops with a motorcycle escort and a marching band in procession. Halfway there, the car blows up, killing everyone.
S/36 SSP: You get in the car and drive to the shops. Halfway there you run out of fuel. While walking the rest of the way, you are run over by kids with mopeds.
AS/400: An attendant kicks you into the car and then drives you to the shops where you get to watch everyone else buying filets mignon.
Since the threat of takeover looms until the case is resolved, or they drop their takeover bid, Oracle gets 'vaporware' benefits from having it out there, since long-term support for Peoplesoft products is threatened by the takeover, making potential customers wary of making a decision to buy now.
Unless you're in the US, which was not a signatory to the Treaty of Versailles. We're free to call our sparklers champagne, but most makers don't, since they're aiming at a global market.
Slashdot Mirror
Al Capp had a name for this: SWINE - Students Wildly Indignant about Nearly Everything.
Have Buckaroo Bonzai drop it off in the Eighth Dimension to keep Doctor Lizardo busy!
They have to be the descendants of Al Capp's SWINE (Students Wildly Indignant about Nearly Everything!)
It would be interesting to see whether the winning sites were propelled to the top more via Slashdot or BoingBoing. CryingWhileEating and IP Justice League are already linked from BoingBoing.
If OS's Were Cars If operating systems ran your car, and you needed to go to the shops... MS-DOS: You get in the car and try to remember where you put the keys. Windows: You get in the car and drive to the shops very slowly, because attached to the back of the car is a freight train. Macintosh System 7: You get in the car to drive to the shops and the car drives you to church. Unix: You get in the car and type 'grep store'. After reaching speeds of 200 mph en route, you arrive at the barbershop. Windows NT: You get in the car and write a letter that says "go to the shops". Then you get out of the car and nail the letter to the dashboard. Taligent/Pink: You walk to the store with Ricardo Montalban who tells you how wonderful it will be when he can fly you to the store in his LearJet. OS/2: After fuelling up with 6000 gallons of fuel, you get in the car and drive to the shops with a motorcycle escort and a marching band in procession. Halfway there, the car blows up, killing everyone. S/36 SSP: You get in the car and drive to the shops. Halfway there you run out of fuel. While walking the rest of the way, you are run over by kids with mopeds. AS/400: An attendant kicks you into the car and then drives you to the shops where you get to watch everyone else buying filets mignon.
Some People, Especially Baritones, Should Quit Singing Altogether.
Does the sign outside the penguin prison say AYBABT-'US' or 'MS'?
Since the threat of takeover looms until the case is resolved, or they drop their takeover bid, Oracle gets 'vaporware' benefits from having it out there, since long-term support for Peoplesoft products is threatened by the takeover, making potential customers wary of making a decision to buy now.
Unless you're in the US, which was not a signatory to the Treaty of Versailles. We're free to call our sparklers champagne, but most makers don't, since they're aiming at a global market.