Prisoner of Bill

Prisoner of Bill

(humour)(PoB) A derisory term, in use generally among Unixusers, for anyone who uses Microsoft products either becausethey don't know there is anything better (i.e. Unix) orbecause they would be incapable of working anything morecomplex (i.e. Unix).

The interesting and widespread presumption among users of theterm is that (at least at the time of writing, 1998) usinganything other than Unix or a Microsoft OS (whether VMS,Macintosh, Amiga) is so eccentric a choice as to be atleast somewhat praiseworthy.