Subject: Fw: Software Developers vs. Drug Dealers (Humourous Posting)
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>           Drug dealers                     Software developers
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>       Refer to their clients           Refer to their clients 
>       as "users"                       as "users"
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>       "The first one's free!"          "Download a free trial version..."

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>       Have important South-East        Have important South-East 
>       Asian connections                Asian connections
>       (to help move the stuff)         (to help debug the code) 
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>       Industry controlled by huge      Industry controlled by huge 
>       ruthless cartels.                ruthless cartels.  
>                                        (Microsoft, Intel, IBM...)
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>       Strange jargon:                  Strange jargon: 
>       "Stick," "Rock,"                 "SCSI," "RTFM," 
>       "Dime bag," "E"                  "Java," "C" 
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>       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 
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>       Job is assisted by the           Job is assisted by the 
>       industry producing               industry producing 
>       newer, more potent mixes         newer, faster hardware 
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>       Often seen in the company        Often seen in the company of 
>       of pimps and hustlers            marketing people and venture 
>                                        capitalists
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>       Often end up in hospitals        Often end up in hospitals 
>       with job related injuries        with job related injuries 
>       (Gun shot wounds)                (Carpal tunnel syndrome)
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>       Their product causes             DOOM. Quake. SimCity. Duke Nukem
3D. 
>       unhealthy addictions             'Nuff said.
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>       Do your job well, and            Damn! Damn! DAMN!!! 
>       you can sleep with
>       movie stars who
>       depend on you