It’s strange, after being a user of computer software for a while, you begin to pick up on some disturbing similarities to a not so squeaky clean industry out there. Is this telling us something?
| Drug Dealers | Software developers |
| Refer to their clients as “users”. | Refer to their clients as “users”. |
| “The first one’s free!” | “Download a free trail version…” |
| Strange Jargon: “Stick”, “Rock”, “Dime Bag”, “E” | Strange Jargon: “SCSI”, “RTFM”, “Java”, “ISDN”, “Pentium” |
| Realized that there’s tons of cash in the 14 to 25 year old market. | Realize that there’s tons of cash in the 14 to 25 year old market. |
| Job is assisted by the industries producing newer, more potent mixes. | Job is assisted by industry’s producing newer, faster machines. |
| Often seen in the company of pimps and hustlers. | Often seen in the company of marketing people and venture capitalists. |
| Their product causes unhealthy additions. | Doom, Quake, SimCity, Duke Nukem, ’nuff said! |
| Do your job well, and you can sleep with sexy movie stars who depend on you. | Damn! Damn! DAMN!!! |