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