real operating system

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 areal computer!.

[Jargon File]

(1997-03-12)