Apple, Unix and Windows

[Ivan Frohne]

"Using an Apple is like keeping Kosher: the believers 
would not live any other way, but they cannot eat with
members of other religions.  Using Unix is like preparing
your own meals from recipes in the 'Joy of Cooking': the
effort involved initially exceeds the palatability of the 
results, but experience eventually brings satisfaction.
Using Microsoft Windows is like eating at a MacDonald's:
you can find one anywhere, and the food will keep you
going, but it would be sad if there were no other restaurant
in town."

[Harold Boas, The American Mathematical Monthly, v. 107,
No. 3 (March 2000)]

--Ivan Frohne