from
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.
from
The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (8 July 2008)
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 {IBM}ness (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)