Sun-stools

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

  sun-stools n. Unflattering hackerism for SunTools, a pre-X windowing
     environment notorious in its day for size, slowness, and misfeatures.
     {X}, however, is larger and (some claim) slower; see {second-system
     effect}.
  
  



From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (27 SEP 03) [foldoc]:

  sun-stools
       
          Unflattering hackerism for {SunTools}, a pre-{X} windowing
          environment notorious in its day for size, slowness, and
          misfeatures.  {X}, however, is larger and slower; see
          {second-system effect}.