< operating system , abuse > The sort the speaker is used to. People from the BSD ophilic 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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(1997-03-12)