APPLE VS. MICROSOFT
Three Microsoft engineers and three Apple
employees are traveling by train to a computer conference. At the station, the three
Microsoft engineers each buy tickets and watch as the three Apple employees buy only a
single ticket.
"How are three people going to travel
on only one ticket?" asks a Microsoft engineer.
"Watch and you'll see," answers
the Apple employee.
They all board the train. The Microsoft
engineers take their respective seats, but all three Apple employees 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 the ticket and moves on.
The Microsoft engineers saw this and agreed
it was quite a clever idea. So after the conference, the Microsoft engineers decide to do
the same 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 Apple employees don't buy
any ticket, at all.
"How are you going to travel without a
ticket?" asks one perplexed Microsoft engineer.
"Watch and you'll see," answers
an Apple employee.
When they board the train the three
Microsoft engineers cram into a restroom and the three Apple employees cram into another
one nearby. The train departs.
Shortly afterward, one of the Apple
employees leaves his restroom and walks over to the restroom where the Microsoft engineers
are hiding. He knocks on the door and says, "Ticket, please..."
 
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