Subject: Drug Dealers vs. Software Developers

Drug dealers                            Software developers
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Refer to their clients as "users".      Refer to their clients as "users".

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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