It's not really a joke, but it might be a reference to an analogy in Neal Stephenson's essay "In the Beginning was the Command Line" (http://www.cryptonomicon.c

It's not really a joke, but it might be a reference to an analogy in Neal Stephenson's essay "In the Beginning was the Command Line" (http://www.cryptonomicon.com/beginning.html http://www.cryptonomicon.com/beginning.html) where he compares Windows, Mac, and Linux to car dealerships. I haven't read it in a long while but I think the Windows dealership sells crappy and lame station wagons that everyone buys anyways, Linux sells battle tanks that you have to assemble yourself with the help of other battle tank enthusiasts, and Mac sells sleek European sports cars that are hermetically sealed end-to-end; you actually can't physically pop the hood, and you must return to the dealership if you have even minor problems.