Messdos

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From Jargon File (4.3.1, 29 Jun 2001) [jargon]:

  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 (27 SEP 03) [foldoc]:

  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)