Prisoner of Bill

humour (PoB) A derisory term, in use generally among Unix

users, for anyone who uses Microsoft products either because

they don't know there is anything better (i.e. Unix) or

because they would be incapable of working anything more

complex (i.e. Unix).

The interesting and widespread presumption among users of the

term is that (at least at the time of writing, 1998) using

anything other than Unix or a Microsoft OS (whether VMS,

Macintosh, Amiga) is so eccentric a choice as to be at

least somewhat praiseworthy.

(1998-09-07)