"The fact is that the world is divided between users of the Macintosh computer and users of MS-DOS compatible computers. I am firmly of the opinion that the Mac

"The fact is that the world is divided between users of the Macintosh computer and users of MS-DOS compatible computers. I am firmly of the opinion that the Macintosh is Catholic and that DOS is Protestant." You need to read the whole column to get the joke[1]. I like to imagine that fully Libre Gnu/Linux would be Jain, and Android would be Baptist. Eco's routine journalism can be really funny. [1] http://www.themodernword.com/eco/eco_mac_vs_pc.html http://www.themodernword.com/eco/eco_mac_vs_pc.html