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This is an unfortunate case of people adopting technical terms for PR purposes. When we (FOS) say "OS", we mean that when you write a program for FOS, you think about it as if you are writing it for a single computer. It doesn't matter if that computer has multiple processors in it, or even if those processors are in different boxes and are only connected by ethernet.

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By reporting what Microsoft is saying in their marketing literature, I'm neither advocating what they say is true, nor am I saying the work referred to in the article is a copy of their efforts. Evidently, you jumped to some conclusion like this. I am merely commenting on the behavior of their marketers. As a long time observer of the tech industry, I always find the behavior of marketers interesting, though not always in pleasant ways.

(I think it's wise to pay attention to how such forces change language.)

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