ScumOS

2 definitions found

From Jargon File (4.3.1, 29 Jun 2001) [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 (27 SEP 03) [foldoc]:

  ScumOS
       
           /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)