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1. The Jargon File (version 4.4.7, 29 Dec 2003)
real operating system
 n.

    The sort the speaker is used to. People from the BSDophilic academic
    community are likely to issue comments like ?System V? Why don't you use a
    real operating system??, people from the commercial/industrial Unix sector
    are known to complain ?BSD? Why don't you use a real operating system??,
    and people from IBM object ?Unix? Why don't you use a real operating
    system?? Only MS-DOS is universally considered unreal. See holy wars, 
    religious issues, proprietary, Get a real computer!
2. The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (30 December 2018)
real operating system

    The sort the speaker is used to.
   People from the BSDophilic academic community are likely to
   issue comments like "System V?  Why don't you use a *real*
   operating system?", people from the commercial/industrial
   Unix sector are known to complain "BSD?  Why don't you use a
   *real* operating system?", and people from IBM object "Unix?
   Why don't you use a *real* operating system?"

   See holy wars, religious issues, proprietary, Get a
   real computer!.

   [Jargon File]

   (1997-03-12)
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