unix weenie

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unix weenie - Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (26 May 2007) :

  Unix weenie
  
     <jargon> (ITS) 1. A derogatory play on "Unix wizard",
     common among hackers who use Unix by necessity but would
     prefer alternatives.  The implication is that although the
     person in question may consider mastery of Unix arcana to be a
     wizardly skill, the only real skill involved is the ability to
     tolerate (and the bad taste to wallow in) the incoherence and
     needless complexity that is alleged to infest many Unix
     programs.  "This shell script tries to parse its arguments in
     69 bletcherous ways.  It must have been written by a real Unix
     weenie."
  
     2. A derogatory term for anyone who engages in uncritical
     praise of Unix.  Often appearing in the context "stupid Unix
     weenie".
  
     See Weenix, Unix conspiracy, weenie.
  
     [Jargon File]
  
     (1995-02-27)
  

unix weenie - Jargon File (4.4.4, 14 Aug 2003) :

  Unix weenie
   n.
  
     [ITS]
  
     1. A derogatory play on `Unix wizard', common among hackers who use
     Unix by necessity but would prefer alternatives. The implication is
     that although the person in question may consider mastery of Unix
     arcana to be a wizardly skill, the only real skill involved is the
     ability to tolerate (and the bad taste to wallow in) the incoherence
     and needless complexity that is alleged to infest many Unix programs.
     "This shell script tries to parse its arguments in 69 bletcherous
     ways. It must have been written by a real Unix weenie."
  
     2. A derogatory term for anyone who engages in uncritical praise of
     Unix. Often appearing in the context "stupid Unix weenie". See
     Weenix, Unix conspiracy. See also weenie.