If Operating Systems were ... Cars MS-DOS You get in the car and try and remember where you put your keys. Windows You get in the car and drive to the store very slowly because attached to the back of your 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 of the car and mail the letter to your dashboard. Macintosh System 7 You get in the car to go to the store and the car drives you to church. UNIX You get in the car and type GREP STORE. After reaching speeds of 200 miles per hour en route, you arrive at the barber shop. Taligent/Pink You walk to the store with Ricardo Montalban, who tells you how wonderful it will be when he can fly to the store in his Learjet. OS/2 After fueling up with 6000 gallons of gas, you get in the car and drive to the store with a mortorcycle escort and a marching band in procession. Halfway there, the car blows up, killing everyone in town.. System/36 SSP 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 are run over by kids on mopeds. OS/400 An attendent locks you in the car and drives you to the store, where you get to watch everybody else by filet mignons.