Subj : IBM vs. Microsoft
To   : Sean Dennis
From : Arelor
Date : Sun Jul 18 2021 08:37:26

  Re: IBM vs. Microsoft
  By: Sean Dennis to All on Sat Jul 17 2021 03:53 pm

 > I found this online and I think y'all will find this funny too.
 > 
 > ===
 > Three Microsoft software engineers and three IBM software engineers are
 > traveling by train to a conference. At the station, the three IBM
 > software engineers each buy tickets and watch as the three Microsoft
 > software engineers buy only a single ticket.
 > 
 > "How are three people going to travel on only one ticket?' asks one of
 > the IBM programmers.
 > 
 > "Watch and you'll see," answers the Microsoft programmer.
 > 
 > They all board the train. The IBM software engineers take their
 > respective seats but all three Microsoft software engineers cram into a
 > restroom and close the door behind them.
 > 
 > Shortly after the train has departed, the conductor comes around
 > collecting tickets. He knocks on the restroom door and says, "ticket,
 > please." The door opens just a crack and a single arm emerges with a
 > ticket in hand. The conductor takes it and moves on.
 > 
 > The IBM software engineers witness all this and agreed it was quite a
 > clever idea. So after the conference, the IBMers decide to copy the
 > Microsofties on the return trip and save some money.
 > 
 > When they get to the station, they buy a single ticket for the return
 > trip. To their astonishment, the Microsoft programmers don't buy a
 > ticket at all.
 > 
 > "How are you going to travel without a ticket?" asks one of the
 > perplexed IBM employees.
 > 
 > "Watch and you'll see," answers one of the Microsoft programmers.
 > 
 > When they board the train the three IBM programmers cram into the first
 > restroom they can. The three Microsoft programmers pile into another one
 > nearby. Shortly thereafter, the train leaves the station.
 > 
 > After a brief interval, one of the Microsoft software engineers leaves
 > his restroom and walks over to the restroom where the IBM programmers
 > are hiding. He knocks on the door and says, "Ticket, please..."
 > ===
 > 
 > -- Sean
 > 
 > 
 > ... Windows NT: The network server that doesn't
 > ___ MultiMail/Win v0.52

Hhaha, I read this one in some "other" net. So funny.

I supose I should feel bad it ridicules IBM, but then I think IBM deserves no
mercy :-)

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