The comic below from Dueling Analogs was sent to me this morning, and it was a good laugh. Two of the characters featured are from the television commercials Apple produced in which PC's are depicted as arcane and institutional machines, and Macs as the undeniably cool and anti-establishment computer of choice. The third character is something Apple never added to the official commercials: the Linux operating system personified. Linux is an open source operating system that in many circles is considered superior to Mac or PC operating systems (full disclosure: Mac's OS is loosely based on some of Linux). Why? Because Linux allows individuals everywhere to collaborate on it using the knowledge of groups to produce an operating system that has been refined an infinite amount of times, and by different brains. Obviously this system would be perceived as a threat to Mac and PC operating systems if they were personified, and of course, let loose in a white-walled room with no windows (like the Apple commercials). Anyway, a funny little bit of geek humor for you today.
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