It truly is a statement on how geeky the entire computer industry is, when you think that it’s been over twenty years now since IBM compatible PC’s and Apple Macintosh’s hit the market – yet Mac vs. PC religious wars still rage.
I was watching a series of parodies on the current line of Macintosh commercials on TV, such as:
Pretty good work, but for the love of all things beautiful, ignore the comments. It’s a joke, you morons. Get a life.
“Mac is God’s gift to premature ejaculation and PC’s give you cancer!”
“PC’s make my foot warts disappear, while Mac’s give me jock itch!”
“Linux allows you to create wormholes to other galaxies using ordinary PC hardware and empty toilet paper rolls, while Bill Gates is the Anti-Christ!”
“Britney Spears uses a Macintosh because it gives her great camel toe!”
Enough already!
I’m a Unix fan because I like the underlying design and the tools available. I think I’d go a little bit nuts doing data reformatting without the ability to pipe, redirect and tee data streams. That said, I thought this “Linux” character was damn funny and pretty much spot on for some of the propeller heads I’ve run into.
It’s a joke, people – stop whoring yourself to a brand, already.
