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scumos

 

  2  definitions  found 
 
  From  Jargon  File  (4.2.3,  23  NOV  2000)  [jargon]: 
 
  ScumOS  /skuhm'os/  or  /skuhm'O-S/  n.  Unflattering  hackerism  for 
  SunOS,  the  BSD  Unix  variant  supported  on  Sun  Microsystems's  Unix 
  workstations  (see  also  {sun-stools}),  and  compare  {AIDX},  {Macintrash}, 
  {Nominal  Semidestructor},  {HP-SUX}.  Despite  what  this  term  might  suggest, 
  Sun  was  founded  by  hackers  and  still  enjoys  excellent  relations  with 
  hackerdom  usage  is  more  often  in  exasperation  than  outright  loathing. 
 
 
 
  From  The  Free  On-line  Dictionary  of  Computing  (13  Mar  01)  [foldoc]: 
 
  ScumOS 
 
  operating  system>  /skuhm'os/  or  /skuhm'O-S/  An 
  Unflattering  hackerism  for  {SunOS},  the  {Unix}  variant  once 
  supported  on  {Sun  Microsystems}'s  Unix  {workstation}s. 
 
  Despite  what  this  term  might  suggest,  Sun  was  founded  by 
  hackers  and  still  enjoys  excellent  relations  with  hackerdom 
  usage  is  more  often  in  exasperation  than  outright  loathing. 
 
  See  also  {sun-stools}.  Compare  {AIDX},  {Macintrash},  {Nominal 
  Semidestructor},  {Open  DeathTrap},  {HP-SUX}. 
 
  [{Jargon  File}] 
 
  (1995-04-19)