Why Apple won't sell 10 million iPhones in 2008. Making the wrong comparisons refers to comparing a business smartphone based on Windows Mobile to a consumer smartphone based on the Mac OS.
What shattered my funny bone was the ensuing comment by Microsoft hater Jeremy W, number 7 when I looked. Jeremy attempts to play The dozens on Microsoft, and botches it with the following:
"The skunkworkers at MS produced another stinko set of commands that are far too complicated and too filled with meaningless complications (called within MS: "features")."
"If MS designed an airplane, it would have two tails. (The extra one would be an added feature!)"
In case you don't know, "Skunk works is a term used in engineering and technical fields to describe a group within an organization given a high degree of autonomy and unhampered by bureaucracy, tasked with working on advanced or secret projects". Skunk Works is an official alias for Lockheed Martin's Advanced Development Programs.
Lockheed's Skunk Works
"The Skunk Works was founded at Burbank, California when Lockheed was tasked with building a high speed, highly maneuverable fighter to compete with the aircraft coming out of the Messerschmitt factory. Lockheed Model 22 rolled out in December 1938 and had her maiden flight on January 27, 1939. This plane would later be known as the P-38, and would be one of the most successful aircraft in the U.S. military for its time."
You guessed it. Lockheed's P-38 had two tails!.
Other famous airplanes coming out of the Skunk Works include the Sr-71 Blackbird (spy plane), The F-14 Tomcat (Top Gun), the F-117 Nighthawk (the stealth fighter), and the F-22 Raptor. The newest is the F-35 Lightning II (Joint Strike Fighter).
Yeah. They all have two tails.
Kinda like:
"Your mother wears combat boots".
"How'd you know she's in Iraq?"
Do your research!
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