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Meta: a bit unfortunate editing in the title, "OS" stands for "operating systems", not "open source" as you would expect. Suggested quick fix: make it "OS:s" i
by unwind 4y ago
Meta: a bit unfortunate editing in the title, "OS" stands for "operating systems", not "open source" as you would expect.
Suggested quick fix: make it "OS:s" if it fits.
Edit: closed qoute.
- BlargMcLarg 4y agoI'm fairly certain quite a few of us did expect "operating systems".
- ajot 4y agoI've never seen OS as open source, always as operating system. FOSS or FLOSS is how I commonly see open source used inside an acronym.
- dylan604 4y agoYeah, this is the same response I had as well. iOS and macOS being the literal name of 2 popular operating systems.
- denton-scratch 4y agoI understood Operating Systems.
- howenterprisey 4y agoRegardless of what it stands for (although it's always "operating systems"), grammatically speaking it should be OS's or something similar, not just "OS".
- djbusby 4y ago"OS Vendors"
- ThunderSizzle 4y agoIn the context of the title, I understood it as "operating systems". This may be due to a few things, but from grammar alone, "are" typically requires a plural noun, an "Open Sources" makes no sense, so if I was confused by "OS", the "Are" clued it into "Operating Systems" since the plural there makes a lot more sense. "Why Browsers Are Essential to the Internet and How Operating Systems Are Holding Them Back" "Why Browsers Are Essential to the Internet and How Open Sources Are Holding Them Back"
- porcoda 4y agoNot sure who would expect that. Usually open source is "OSS" (Open source software) "FOSS" (Free ...) or "FLOSS" (Free Libre ....). OS pretty much always has meant Operating System.
- SkyMarshal 4y agoI think "OS are" tips it off as Operating System(s). If it were Open Source, it would say "OS is".
- MikusR 4y agoThe title was too long
- s17n 4y agoI think "OS" for "operating system" and "OSS" for "open source software" are quite standard.