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#include
<nonsense.h>
#include <lies.h>
#include <spyware.h> /* Microsoft network Connectivity library
*/
#include <process.h>
#define say(x) lie(x)
#define computeruser ALL_WANT_TO_BUY_OUR_BUGWARE
#define soon next_year
#define the_product_is_ready_to_ship another_beta_version
void main(){
if (latest_window_version>one_month_old) {
if (there_are_still_bugs)
market(bugfix);
if (sales_drop_below_certain_point)
raise(RUMORS_ABOUT_A_NEW_GUBLESS_VERSION);
}
while(everyone_chats_about_new_version)
{
make_false_promise(it_will_be_multitasking);
/* Standard Call, in
lie.h */
if (rumours_grow_wilder)
make_false_promise(it_will_be_plug_n_play);
if (rumours_grow_even_wilder)
{
market_time=ripe;
say("It will be ready
in one month");
order(programmers,
stop_fixing_bugs_in_old_version);
order(programmers,
start_brainstorm_about_new_version);
order(marketingstaff,
permission_to_spread_nonsense);
vapourware=TRUE;
break;
}
}
switch (nasty_questions_of_the_worldpress) {
case WHEN_WILL_IT_BE_READY:
say("It will be ready in",today+30_days,"we're
just testing");
break;
case WILL_THIS_PLUG_AND_PLAY_THING_WORK:
say("Yes it will work");
ask(programmers, why_does_it_not_work);
pretend(there_is_no_problem);
break;
case WHAT_ARE_MINIMAL_HARDWARE_REQUIREMENTS:
say("It will run on a 8086
with lightning speed due to the 32 bit
architecture");
inform(INTEL, "Pentium sales
will rise skyhigh");
inform(SAMSUNG, "Start a new
memorychip plant 'cos all those
customers will need at least 32 megs");
inform(QUANTUM, "Thanx to our
fatware your sales will triple");
get_big_bonus(INTEL, SAMSUNG,
QUANTUM);
break;
case DOES_MICROSOFT_GET_TOO_MUCH_INFLUENCE:
say("Oh no, we are just here
to make a better world forr all);
register(journalist, Big_Bill_Book);
when(time_is_ripe)
{
arrest(journalist);
brainwash(journalist);
when(journalist_says_windows95_is_bugfree)
{
order(journalist, "write a nice objective article");
release (journalist);
}
}
break;
}
while (vapourware) {
introduction_date++; /* delay */
if (no_one_believes_anymore_there_will_be_a_release)
break;
say("It will be ready in",today+ONE_MONTH);
}
release(beta_version)
while (everyone_is_dumb_enough_to_buy_our_bugware)
{
bills_bank_account += 150*megabucks;
release(new_and_even_better_beta_version);
introduce(more_memory_requirements);
if (customers_report_installation_problems)
{
say("that is a hardware problem, not a
software problem");
if (smart_customer_says_but_you_promised_plug_and_play)
{
ignore(customer);
order(microsoft_intelligence_agency,
"Keep an eye on bastard")
}
}
if (there_is_another_company) {
steal(their_ideas);
accuse(company, stealing_our_ideas);
hire(a_lot_of_lawyers); /* in process.h
*/
wait(until_other_company_cannot_afford_another_lawsuit);
buy_out(other_company);
}
}
Quelle: C. Gees
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