Computer zealotry

The label "computer zealot" pejoratively refers to a person who strongly advocates a specific operating system, programming language, program or hardware for every application, appropriate or not.

Some of the most common types of computer zealots include:

• AMD zealot, SomeOne who advocates AMD hardware.
• Amiga zealot, someone who advocates Amiga software and hardware.
• Apple- or Mac zealot, someone who advocates Apple hardware and software, such as Mac OS X, iPod, iMac, G5 and XServe. See also Apple evangelist.
• Browser zealot, a zealot of a specific web browser. A term used in browser wars.
• BSD zealot, someone who advocates BSD.
• Intel zealot, someone who advocates Intel hardware.
• Java zealot, someone who advocates the Java programming language.
• Linux zealot, someone who advocates Linux.
• Microsoft or Windows zealot, someone who advocates Microsoft, especially Microsoft Windows.
• Text editor zealot, a zealot of a specific text editor. A term used in editor wars.
• ATI or NVIDIA zealot, who strongly prefers one brand of video card over the other

Since the word zealot is extreme, the label zealot is usually leveled only at the most extreme advocates, or used satirically, though some critics of particular computer advocacy may label all such advocates as zealots regardless of how they advocate.

A common informal alternative to "zealot" is "fanboy"1234.

See also

• Operating system advocacy
• Internet Troll
• BSD is dying