mess-dos

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mess-dos - Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (26 May 2007) :

  mess-dos
  
     /mes-dos/ (Or MS-DOG, Messy-DOS, mess-dross, mess-loss,
     mush-dos) Derisory term for MS-DOS.  Often followed by the
     ritual banishing "Just say No!"
  
     Most hackers (even many MS-DOS hackers) loathe MS-DOS for
     its single-tasking nature, its limits on application size, its
     nasty primitive interface, and its ties to IBMness (see
     fear and loathing).
  
     In Ireland and the UK it is sometimes called "Domestos" after
     a brand of toilet cleanser.
  
     [Jargon File]
  
     (1994-11-16)
  

mess-dos - Jargon File (4.4.4, 14 Aug 2003) :

  mess-dos
   /mes.dos/, n.
  
     [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.