Weenix

from Jargon File (4.4.4, 14 Aug 2003)

Weenix
 /wee'niks/, n.

   1. [ITS] A derogatory term for {Unix}, derived from {Unix weenie}.
   According to one noted ex-ITSer, it is "the operating system preferred
   by Unix Weenies: typified by poor modularity, poor reliability, hard
   file deletion, no file version numbers, case sensitivity everywhere,
   and users who believe that these are all advantages". (Some ITS fans
   behave as though they believe Unix stole a future that rightfully
   belonged to them. See {ITS}, sense 2.)

   2. [Brown University] A Unix-like OS developed for tutorial purposes
   at Brown University. See
   http://www.cs.brown.edu/courses/cs167/weenix.html. Named independently
   of the ITS usage.

from The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (8 July 2008)

Weenix

   /wee'niks/ An {ITS} fan's derogatory term for {Unix}, derived
   from {Unix weenie}.  According to one noted ex-{ITS}er, it is
   "the operating system preferred by Unix Weenies: typified by
   poor modularity, poor reliability, hard file deletion, no file
   version numbers, case sensitivity everywhere, and users who
   believe that these are all advantages".  Some {ITS} fans
   behave as though they believe Unix stole a future that
   rightfully belonged to them.

   [{Jargon File}]

   (1995-01-18)