Here is what driving to the store would be like if an
operating system ran your car:
DOS: You get in the car and try to remember where you put your
keys.
MVS/VM: You get in the car and drive to the store. Halfway there
you run out of gas. While walking the rest of the way you get run
over by kids on mopeds.
Netware SFT III: You put a foot into each car and drive to the
store. Halfway there, the two lane highway divides, ripping you in
half. Each car then proceeds to the store without you.
OS/2 2.0: After fueling up with 6,000 gallons of gas, you get in
the car and drive to the store with a motorcycle escort and a
marching band in procession. Halfway there, the cars blows up,
killing everyone in town.
OS/400: An attendant locks you into the car and drive you to the
store, where you watch everyone else buy filet mignons.
System 7: You get in the car to go the store and the car drives
you to the church.
Taligent/Pink: You walk to the store with Ricardo Montalban, who
tells you how wonderful it will be when he can fly you the store in
his Lear jet.
Unix: You get in the car and type grep store. After reaching
speeds of 2000 mph, you arrive at the barber shop.
Windows: You get in the car and drive to the store very slowly,
because attached to the back of the car is a freight train.
Windows NT: You get in the car and write a letter that says, Go to
the store. Then you get out and mail the letter to your dashboard.