From your profile I see that you are interested in embedded systems, so that probably explains why you are upset. After almost two decades of virtualization I t

From your profile I see that you are interested in embedded systems, so that probably explains why you are upset. After almost two decades of virtualization I think "bare metal" has become a common term for server computing without VM. I am old but had no problems understanding the term as it was meant. Meanings of words vary with context and change over time.