Passengers walk out onto the runway, grab hold of the plane, push
it until it gets in the air, hop on, then jump off when it hits the
ground. They grab the plane again, push it back into the air, hop on,
jump off...
Mac Airway
The cashiers, flight attendents, and pilots all look the same,
talk the same, and act the same. When you ask questions about the
flight, they reply that you don't want to know, don't need to know,
and would you please return to your seat and watch the movie.
Windows Airlines
The terminal is neat and clean, the attendants courteous, the
pilots capable. The fleet of Lear jets the carrier operates is
immense. Your jet takes off without a hitch, pushes above the clouds
and, at 20,000 feet, explodes without warning.
OS/2 Skyways
The terminal is almost empty - only a few prospective passengers
mill about. The announcer says that flight has just departed, although
no planes appear to be on the runway. Airline personnel apologize
profusely to customers in hushed voices, pointing from time to time to
the sleek, powerful jets outside. They tell each passenger how great
the flight will be on these new jets and how much safer it will be
that Windows Airlines, but they will have to wait a little longer to
the technicians to finish the flight systems. Maybe until mid-1995.
Maybe longer.
Fly Windows NT
Passengers carry their seats out to the tarmac and place them in
an outline of a plane. They sit down, flap their arms, and make jet
swooshing sounds as if they are flying.
Unix Express
Passengers bring a piece of the airplane and a box of tools with
them to the airport. They gather on the tarmac, arguing about what
kind of plane they want to build. The passengers split into groups
and build several different aircraft but give them all the same name.
Only some passengers reach their destinations, but all of them
believe they have arrived.
