DD: Refer to their clients as "users".
SE: Refer to their clients as "users".
DD: "The first one's free!"
SE: "Download a free trial version..."
DD: Have important South-East Asian connections (to help move the stuff).
SE: Have important South-East Asian connections (to help debug the code).
DD: Strange jargon: "Stick," "Rock," "Dime bag," "E".
SE: Strange jargon: "SCSI," "RTFM," "Java," "ISDN".
DD: Realise that there's tons of cash in the 14- to 25-year-old market
SE: Realise 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.
SE: Job is assisted by the industry's producing newer, faster machines.
DD: Often seen in the company of pimps and hustlers.
SE: Often seen in the company of marketing people and venture capitalists.
DD: Their product causes unhealthy addictions.
SE: 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.
SE: Damn! Damn! DAMN!!!
Robert Chasmer -
(C) KAOS 95-97.