Drugs and Software

janiedriver

janiedriver

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Drug dealers
and
Software developers

DD: Refer to their clients as "users".
SD: Refer to their clients as "users".

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

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

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

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

DD: Job is assisted by industry's producing newer, more potent mixes.
SD: Job is assisted by industry's producing newer, faster machines.

DD: Often seen in the company of pimps and hustlers.
SD: Often seen in the company of marketing people and venture capitalists (same thing).

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

DD: Do your job well, and you can sleep with sexy movie stars who depend on you.
SD: Damn! Damn! DAMN!!!
 
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LTR12101B

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http://cexx.org/drugware.htm

"Drug Dealer Ware" is one term used for free trials, and perhaps especially for something free that is not a trial, but has limitations placed in such a way that you either have to upgrade, or discard previous work.

eg. NO common export format - this is a trick used by INCREDIMAIL, one of my most hated programs.
 
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