>>>             Drug Dealers and Software Developers: coincidence?
>>>
>>>     ---------------------------      ---------------------------
>>>     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," "http://"
>>>
>>>     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 3D.
>>>     unhealthy addictions.            'Nuff said.
>>>
>>>     Do your job well, and            Damn! Damn! DAMN!!!
>>>     you can sleep with
>>>     sexy movie stars who
>>>     depend on you.
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