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<html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><head><title>Amiga Persecution Complex</title><link rel="stylesheet" href="../../jargon.css" type="text/css"/><meta name="generator" content="DocBook XSL Stylesheets V1.61.0"/><link rel="home" href="../index.html" title="The Jargon File"/><link rel="up" href="../A.html" title="A"/><link rel="previous" href="Amiga.html" title="Amiga"/><link rel="next" href="amp-off.html" title="amp off"/></head><body><div class="navheader"><table width="100%" summary="Navigation header"><tr><th colspan="3" align="center">Amiga Persecution Complex</th></tr><tr><td width="20%" align="left"><a accesskey="p" href="Amiga.html">Prev</a> </td><th width="60%" align="center">A</th><td width="20%" align="right"> <a accesskey="n" href="amp-off.html">Next</a></td></tr></table><hr/></div><dt><a id="Amiga-Persecution-Complex"/><dt xmlns="" id="Amiga-Persecution-Complex"><b>Amiga Persecution Complex</b>: <span xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" class="grammar">n.</span></dt></dt><dd><p> The disorder suffered by a particularly egregious variety of
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<a href="../B/bigot.html"><i class="glossterm">bigot</i></a>, those who believe that the marginality of
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their preferred machine is the result of some kind of industry-wide
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conspiracy (for without a conspiracy of some kind, the eminent superiority
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of their beloved shining jewel of a platform would obviously win over all,
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market pressures be damned!) Those afflicted are prone to engaging in
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<a href="../F/flame-war.html"><i class="glossterm">flame war</i></a>s 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, <a href="../N/NeWS.html"><i class="glossterm">NeWS</i></a>, <a href="../O/OS-2.html"><i class="glossterm">OS/2</i></a>,
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Macintosh, <a href="../L/LISP.html"><i class="glossterm">LISP</i></a>, and <a href="../G/GNU.html"><i class="glossterm">GNU</i></a>
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users are also common victims. <a href="../L/Linux.html"><i class="glossterm">Linux</i></a> users used to
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display symptoms very frequently before Linux started winning; some still
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do. See also <a href="../N/newbie.html"><i class="glossterm">newbie</i></a>, <a href="../T/troll.html"><i class="glossterm">troll</i></a>,
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<a href="../H/holy-wars.html"><i class="glossterm">holy wars</i></a>, <a href="../W/weenie.html"><i class="glossterm">weenie</i></a>,
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<a href="../G/Get-a-life-.html"><i class="glossterm">Get a life!</i></a>.</p></dd><div class="navfooter"><hr/><table width="100%" summary="Navigation footer"><tr><td width="40%" align="left"><a accesskey="p" href="Amiga.html">Prev</a> </td><td width="20%" align="center"><a accesskey="u" href="../A.html">Up</a></td><td width="40%" align="right"> <a accesskey="n" href="amp-off.html">Next</a></td></tr><tr><td width="40%" align="left" valign="top">Amiga </td><td width="20%" align="center"><a accesskey="h" href="../index.html">Home</a></td><td width="40%" align="right" valign="top"> amp off</td></tr></table></div></body></html>
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