Unicorn (Unicorn@Indenial.com)
Tue, 28 Sep 1999 14:55:22 -0400
"Top Ten Reasons USA Is
The Real World Microsoft:"
10. Arrogant. Believe they run the world.
Is there anyone else?
9. People have a love/hate relationship
to it. They love themselves.
8. Does not follow existing standards,
or receive outside impulses. Thus
reinvents the wheel a lot. Square shape.
7. Younger, yet still struggles with outdated
legacies from its inception (Constitution/
DOS).
6. Ruled by lawyers and corporate values.
Individual freedom limited through
intellectual property laws - though you
are told otherwise.
5. Uses strong-arm tactics/bullying when
dealing with "partners."
4. Creates lots of self-congratulating hype
through good marketing.
3. Focuses entirely on money. Quality is
less important.
2. Speak only the native language, unless
specially equipped.
1. An evasive, self-contradicting leader
named Bill.
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"Top Ten Reasons Europe Is
The Real World UNIX:"
10. Claim to be more literate and intellectual
than the brute savages above.
9. Not one single entity, but a mixture of
different systems. Each system claims
to be the perfect one, and to represent all.
Gets insulted when you confuse them.
8. A great past, then almost destroyed
each other in internal wars. Recently
re-united with common interests, and
reclaimed lost ground.
7. Inter-operability based on formalized
standards.
6. No huge Hollywood titles - small is
beautiful.
5. Believe you can express yourself
better in writing.
4. Not all titles are available for smaller
languages/systems. Sometimes you
still have to use English/Windows, to
great dismay.
3. Research is more conceptual and
academic, less business-driven. Home
of the greatest inventors and philosophers.
2. Everything is so frigging expensive.
Unless it's free.
1. Snotty, stuffy, cocky, elitist....
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