[semi-obsolescent now that DOS is] Derisory term for MS-DOS. Often
followed by the ritual banishing "Just say No!" See {MS-DOS}. Most
hackers (even many MS-DOS hackers) loathed MS-DOS for its
single-tasking nature, its limits on application size, its nasty
primitive interface, and its ties to IBMness and Microsoftness (see
{fear and loathing}). Also mess-loss, messy-dos, mess-dog,
mess-dross, mush-dos, and various combinations thereof. In Ireland
and the U.K. it is even sometimes called `Domestos' after a brand of
toilet cleanser.
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[Reference(s) to this entry by made by: {bitty box}{boot}{Commonwealth Hackish}{deserves to lose}{ill-behaved}{MS-DOS}]