Date: Fri, 19 Mar 1999 01:12:32 -0500 (EST)
From: Crash Test Drive
Subject: BLAGUES-L: Drug dealers vs. Software developers

Date: Thu, 18 Feb 1999 12:08:13 +0100
From: Daniel De Luca


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 Drug dealers                          Software developers
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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"                             "SCSI"
"Rock"                              "RTFM"
"Wrap"                              "Packet"
"E"                                 "C"
"Stash"                             "Cache"
"Drive by"                          "CTRL ALT DEL"
"Hit (LSD)"                         "Hit (WWW)"
"Source"                            "Source-code"
"The Pigs"                          "Microsoft"

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

Your clients really like your         Your clients really like your
stuff when it works. When it          stuff when it works. When it
doesn't work they want to             doesn't work they want to kill
kill you.                                      you.

Job is assisted by the                Job is assisted by the
industry producing                    industry producing
newer, more potent product.           newer, more potent products.

Often seen in the company             Often seen in the company of
of pimps, hustlers                    marketing people, venture
and lowlives.                         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 successful people            A lot of successful people
getting rich in this industry         getting rich in this industry
while still teenagers.                while still teenagers.

Their product causes unhealthy        DOOM. Quake. SimCity.
addictions.                                    Duke Nukem 3D.  'Nuff
said.


Do your job well, and                 Damn! Damn! DAMN!!!
you can sleep with
sexy movie stars who
depend on you.