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    Microsoft source code snippet

    Code:
    #include <nonsense.h>
      #include <lies.h>
      #include <spyware.h> /* Microsoft Network Connectivity library */
      #include <process.h> /* For the court of law */
     
      #define say(x) lie(x)
      #define computeruser ALL_WANT_TO_BUY_OUR_BUGWARE
      #define next_year soon
      #define the_product_is_ready_to_ship another_beta_version
     
      void main() {
        if (latest_window_version  one_month_old)
        {
          if (there_are_still_bugs)
     
            market(bugfix);
          if (sales_drop_below_certain_point)
            raise(RUMOURS_ABOUT_A_NEW_BUGLESS_VERSION);
        }
        while(everyone_chats_about_new_version)
        {
          make_false_promise(it_will_be_multitasking); /* Standard Call, in
                                                          lie.h */
          if (rumours_grow_wilder)
            make_false_promise(it_will_be_plug_n_play);
          if (rumours_grow_even_wilder)
          {
            market_time=ripe;
            say("It will be ready in one month);
            order(programmers, stop_fixing_bugs_in_old_version);
            order(programmers, start_brainstorm_about_new_version);
            order(marketingstaff, permission_to_spread_nonsense);
            vapourware=TRUE;
            break;
           }
     
        }
        switch (nasty_questions_of_the_worldpress)
        {
           case WHEN_WILL_IT_BE_READY:
             say("It will be ready in", today+30_days," we're just testing");
             break;
          case WILL_THIS_PLUG_AND_PLAY_THING_WORK:
             say("Yes it will work");
             ask(programmers, why_does_it_not_work);
             pretend(there_is_no_problem);
             break;
           case WHAT_ARE_MINIMAL_HARDWARE_REQUIREMENTS:
             say("It will run on a 8086 with lightning speed due to"
                 " the 32 bits architecture");
             inform(INTEL, "Pentium sales will rise skyhigh");
             inform(SAMSUNG, "Start a new memorychip plant"
                    "'cuz all those customers will need at least 32 megs");
             inform(QUANTUM, "Thanks to our fatware your sales will triple");
             get_big_bonus(INTEL, SAMSUNG, QUANTUM);
             break;
     
           case DOES_MICROSOFT_GET_TOO_MUCH_INFLUENCE:
             say("Oh no, we are just here to make a better world for
                  everyone");
             register(journalist, Big_Bill_Book);
             when(time_is_ripe)
             {
               arrest(journalist);
               brainwash(journalist);
               when(journalist_says_windows95_is_bugfree)
               {
                 order(journalist, "write a nice objective article");
                 release (journalist);
               }
             }
             break;
         }
         while (vaporware)
         {
           introduction_date++; /* Delay */
           if (no_one_believes_anymore_there_will_be_a_release)
             break;
           say("It will be ready in",today+ONE_MONTH);
        }
        release(beta_version)
        while (everyone_is_dumb_enough_to_buy_our_bugware)
        {
          bills_bank_account += 150*megabucks;
          release(new_and_even_better_beta_version);
          introduce(more_memory_requirements);
          if (customers_report_installation_problems)
          {
            say("that is a hardware problem, not a software problem");
            if (smart_customer_says_but_you_promised_plug_and_play)
            {
              ignore(customer);
              order(microsoft_intelligence_agency, "Keep an eye on this
                                                    bastard");
            }
          }
          if (there_is_another_company)
          {
            steal(their_ideas);
            accuse(company, stealing_our_ideas);
            hire(a_lot_of_lawyers);               /* in process.h */
            wait(until_other_company_cannot_afford_another_lawsuit);
            buy_out(other_company);
          }
        }
        /* Now everyone realizes that we sell bugware and they are all angry at
           us */
        order(plastic_surgeon, make_bill_look_like_poor_bastard);
        buy(nice_little_island); hire(harem);
        laugh_at(everyone,
        for_having_the_patience_year_after_year_for_another_unfinished_version);
      }
     
      void bugfix(void) {
        charge (a_lot_of_money);
        if (customer_says_he_does_not_want_to_pay_for_bugfix)
          say("It is not a bugfix but a new version");
        if (still_complaints)
        {
          ignore(customer);
          register(customer, big_Bill_book);
          /* We'll get him when everyone uses Billware!!*/
        }
      }

    Yeah, I know it belongs in tech numor, but I couldn't resist

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    hahahah, that is very funny and very true .....I have to print this, this ones for my wall collection, right next to the hacker manifesto....

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    Heh, this one is not only buggy, it won't even compile (at least on gcc)

    'main' must return 'int'
    multi-line string literals are deprecated
    missing terminating " character
    missing ; etc...

    Peace always,
    <jdenny>
    Always listen to experts. They\'ll tell you what can\'t be done and why. Then go and do it. -- Robert Heinlein
    I\'m basically a very lazy person who likes to get credit for things other people actually do. -- Linus Torvalds


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    Thanks, I knew something was wrong somewhere...

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