amiga persecution complex
(jargon) | Amiga Persecution Complex
n.
The disorder suffered by a particularly egregious variety of bigot, those
who believe that the marginality of their preferred machine is the result
of some kind of industry-wide conspiracy (for without a conspiracy of some
kind, the eminent superiority of their beloved shining jewel of a platform
would obviously win over all, market pressures be damned!) Those afflicted
are prone to engaging in flame wars and calling for boycotts and
mailbombings. Amiga Persecution Complex is by no means limited to Amiga
users; NeXT, NeWS, OS/2, Macintosh, LISP, and GNU users are also
common victims. Linux users used to display symptoms very frequently
before Linux started winning; some still do. See also newbie, troll, {
holy wars}, weenie, Get a life!.
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