[NTLUG:Discuss] Open source analogy

[Fred]

On Thu, 
31 
Jan 
2008 Chris 
Cox 
<cjcox at acm.org> wrote:
>
> Fred 
wrote:
>> 
Sorry, 
but 
I 
couldn't 
resist 
this 
open 
source 
analogy, 
given 
the 
political
>> 
season 
that 
we 
are 
in.
>
> No 
wait 
just 
a 
second... 
we're 
*ix 
geeks/nerds... 
we're 
only 
allowed
> to 
make 
car 
analogies.
>
> Please 
rewrite 
this 
in 
terms 
of 
a 
car 
analogy 
so 
we 
can 
all
> understand 
it 
better.

OK, if you insist. 

M$ is like having a car with automatic transmission, traction control,
OnStar and idiot lights instead of gauges so that when your engine
burns up the light will come on telling you to step on the brakes, or
when you have been in a wreck the OnStar people can call you and 
say something profound like, "We show that you have been in an 
accident". In other words, absolutely unnecessary crap that is way
too expensive that doesn't help you in driving the car. Look, if you 
need automatic traction control, you just don't know how to drive.

Linux like taking any chassis and dropping a V-10 6 speed in it.
Awesome performance without spending a fortune and not a chance
of getting one of those irritating OnStar messages.

Close enough?




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