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So we software developers aren't that different to drug dealers, eh?

  • 17-05-2001 2:24pm
    #1
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 12,309 ✭✭✭✭


    Apparently, they call this "proof"
       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 Asian        Have important Asian
       connections.                    connections.
      
       Strange jargon:                 Strange jargon:
        "Stick"                         "SCSI"
        "Rock"                          "RTFM"
        "Wrap"                          "Packet"
        "E"                             "C"
        "Stash"                         "Cache"
        "Drive-by"                      "CTRL ALT DEL"
        "Hit (LSD)"                     "Hit (the web)
        "Source"                        "Source-code"
        "The Pigs"                      "Microsoft"
      
       Realize that there's tons    Realize that there's tons
       of cash in the 14- to           of cash in the 14- to
        25-year-old market.          25-year-old market.
      
       Clients really like your       Clients really like your
       stuff when it works.           stuff when it works.
      
       When it doesn't work         When it doesn't work work
       they want to kill you.         they want to kill you.
      
       Job is assisted by the       Job is assisted by the
       industry's producing           industry's producing
       newer, more potent product.   newer,more potent products.
      
       Often seen in the company    Often seen in the company of
       of pimps, hustlers and         marketing people, venture
       low-lifes.                 capitalists and fund
                                      managers.
      
       When things go wrong, a        When things go wrong, a
       "fix" is just a phone call     "fix" is just a phone call
       away, but may be expensive.  away, but may be expensive.
      
       A lot of people are getting   A lot of people are getting
       rich while still teenagers.   rich while still teenagers.
      
       Product causes unhealthy       DOOM, Quake, SimCity,
       addictions.                    Duke Nukem 3D...
      
       Do your job well and           Damn!  DAMN!!!
       you can sleep with
       sexy movie stars who
       depend on you.
      
    
    

    Bard
    First motorbike in the bible ???? - a Triumph! - 'And yea verily did Moses strike down the ammmanites, - and all the land did hear the roar of his triumph !!!'

    [Edited multiple times - nobody told me that two "w"'s and a closing bracket (the "the web" in brackets above was "www") was the shortcut for WhiteWashMan's whitewashed smiley] rolleyes.gifwwman.gif

    [This message has been edited by Bard (edited 17-05-2001).]


Comments

  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 27,644 ✭✭✭✭nesf


    Seen that ages ago, very funny though smile.gif


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 932 ✭✭✭yossarin


    ...stop posting this stuff or we'll cut off your support smile.gif


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