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  1. Date: 2/13/97 12:41 PM
  2. From: Stacey Torman
  3.  
  4.  
  5.    ---------------------------        ---------------------------
  6.   Drug dealers                       Software developers
  7.    ---------------------------        ---------------------------
  8.  
  9.   Refer to their clients             Refer to their clients
  10.   as "users".                         as "users".
  11.  
  12.   "The first one's free!"            "Download a free trial
  13.                                       version..."
  14.  
  15.   Have important South-East         Have important South-East
  16.   Asian connections                 Asian connections
  17.   (to help move the stuff).         (to help debug the code).
  18.  
  19.   Strange jargon:                    Strange jargon:
  20.   "Stick," "Rock,"                   "SCSI," "RTFM,"
  21.   "Dime bag," "E".                   "Java," "ISDN".
  22.  
  23.   Realize that there's              Realize that there's
  24.   tons of cash in the                tons of cash in the
  25.   14- to 25-year-old                 14- to 25-year-old
  26.   market.                            market.
  27.  
  28.   Job is assisted by the            Job is assisted by
  29.   industry's producing              industry's producing
  30.   newer, more potent mixes.         newer, faster machines.
  31.  
  32.   Often seen in the company         Often seen in the company of
  33.   of pimps and hustlers.            marketing people and venture
  34.                                       capitalists.
  35.  
  36.   Their product causes              DOOM. Quake. SimCity.
  37.   unhealthy addictions.             Duke Nukem 3D.
  38.                                      'Nuff said.
  39.  
  40.   Do your job well, and             Damn! Damn! DAMN!!!
  41.   you can sleep with
  42.   sexy movie stars who
  43.   depend on you.
  44.