Computing Dictionary
real operating system definition
operating system, abuse The sort the speaker is used to. People from the
BSDophilic academic community are likely to issue comments like "
System V? Why don't you use a *real* operating system?", people from the commercial/industrial
Unix sector are known to complain "BSD? Why don't you use a *real* operating system?", and people from
IBM object "Unix? Why don't you use a *real* operating system?"
See
holy wars,
religious issues,
proprietary,
Get a real computer!.
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Jargon File]
(1997-03-12)
