<<< HUMANE::DISK$SCSI:[NOTES$LIBRARY]DIGITAL.NOTE;1 >>> -< The Digital way of working >- ================================================================================ Note 3668.31 CLICHE'D CONVERSATIONS FROM HELL 31 of 39 MKOTS3::LANGLOIS "Which bridge to burn,which to cro" 56 lines 14-FEB-1995 13:22 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ALL NEW .................... The software is not compatible with previous versions ADVANCED DESIGN ............ Upper management doesn't understand it BREAKTHROUGH ............... It nearly booted on the first try NEW ........................ Different colours from previous version DESIGN SIMPLICITY .......... Developed on a shoe string budget EXCLUSIVE .................. We're the only ones who have the documentation FIELD TESTED ............... Manufacturing doesn't have a test system FOOLPROOF OPERATION ........ All parameters are hard coded FUTURISTIC ................. It will only run on the next generation super-computer HIGH ACCURACY .............. All the directories compare IT'S HERE AT LAST .......... We've released a 26 week project in 48 weeks MAINTENANCE FREE ........... Impossible to fix MEETS QUALITY STANDARDS .... It compiles without errors PERFORMANCE PROVEN ......... Works through Beta Test REVOLUTIONARY .............. Disk drives go round and round SATISFACTION GUARANTEED .... We'll send you another copy if it fails STOCK ITEM ................. We shipped it once before, and we can do it again, probably UNMATCHED .................. Almost as good as the competition UNPRECEDENTED PERFORMANCE .. Nothing ever ran this slow before YEARS OF DEVELOPMENT ....... We finally got one to work