Under the headline "If Operating Systems Were Airlines" in the March issue of
 Wired:

 DOS Air:  Passengers walk out onto the runway, grab hold of the plane, push
 it until it gets in the air, hop on, then jump off when it hits the ground.
 They grab the plane again, push it back into the air, hop on, jump off...

 Mac Airways:  The cashiers, flight attendents, and pilots all look the same,
 talk the same, and act the same.  When you ask them questions about the
 flight, they reply that you don't want to know, don't need to know, and would you
 please return to your seat and watch the movie.

 Windows Airlines:  The terminal is neat and clean, the attendants courteous,
 the pilots capable.  The fleet of Lear jets the carrier operates is immense.
 Your jet takes off without a hitch, pushes above the clouds and, at 20,000
 feet, expoldes without warning.

 OS/2 Skyways:  The terminal is almost empty - only a few prospective
 passengers mill about.  The announcer says that a flight has just departed, although no
 planes appear to be on the runway.  Airline personnel apologize profusely to
 customers in hushed voices, pointing from time to time to the sleek, powerful
 jets outside.  They tell each passenger how great the flight will be on these
 new jets and how much safer it will be than Windows Airlines, but they will
 have to wait a little longer for the technicians to finish the flight
 systems.
 Maybe until mid-1995.  Maybe longer.

 Fly Windows NT:  Passengers carry their seats out onto the tarmac and place
 them in the outline of a plane.  They sit down, flap their arms, and make
 jet swooshing sounds as if they are flying.

 Unix Express:  Passengers bring a piece of the airplane and a box of tools
 with them to the airport.  They gather on the tarmac, arguing about what kind
 of plane they want to build.  The passengers split into groups and build
 several different aircraft but give them all the same name.  Only some
 passengers reach their destinations, but all of them believe they arrived.

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