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HUMOR: drug dealers vs software devps.

daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Freak on a Leash)
Thu Jan 6 15:26:36 2000

To: humor@MIT.EDU
Date: Thu, 06 Jan 2000 15:25:11 -0500
From: Freak on a Leash <descentr@MIT.EDU>


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  ||          {|||}   \-----]           Intel Corporation
   \\        {|||}    _\____     Call us when the chips are down!
    \\      {|||}    /  ----
     \\--------     /
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     \| ----------- \
       |           ||
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       ==           ==

- ---------------------------         ---------------------------
Drug dealers                        Software developers
- ---------------------------         ---------------------------

Refer to their clients              Refer to their clients
as "users".                         as "users".

"The first one's free!"             "Download a free trial version..."

Have important South-East           Have important South-East
Asian connections                   Asian connections
(to help move the stuff).           (to help debug the code).

Strange jargon:                     Strange jargon:
"Stick," "Rock,"                    "SCSI," "RTFM,"
"Dime bag," "E".                    "Java," "ISDN".

Realize that there's                Realize that there's
tons of cash in the                 tons of cash in the
14- to 25-year-old                  14- to 25-year-old
market.                             market.

Job is assisted by the              Job is assisted by
industry's producing                industry's producing
newer, more potent mixes.           newer, faster machines.

Often seen in the company           Often seen in the company of
of pimps and hustlers.              marketing people and venture
                                    capitalists.

Their product causes                DOOM. Quake. SimCity. Duke Nukem
unhealthy addictions.               Nuff said.

Do your job well, and               Do your job well and you'll have
you can sleep with                  time left over to downlaod some
sexy movie stars who                .mpg, .avi, .mov, .jgp, .gif
depend on you.                      

Customers in trouble                Customers in trouble are told
are given NO ASSISTANCE.            to call TECH SUPPORT.

No Refunds! No Returns!             No Refunds! No Returns!
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