Subject: *** TOP SECRET MICROSOFT CODE ***
Project:  Version - Windows Longhorn
Microsoft marketing strategy (MARKET.EXE):
| Примерен код | 
| #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"
 "'cos 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 (vapourware)
 {
 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_pla
 
 y)
 {
 ignore(customer);
 order(microsoft_intelligence_agency, "Keep an eye on this
 bastard");
 }
 }
 if ( bills_bank_account>skyhigh && marriage>two_years )
 {
 divorce(woman_that_was_beatifull_when_I_married_he
 
 r);
 wave(dollars, at_lusty_chicks);
 marry(young_blond_virgin_with_big_boobies);
 devirginize(young_blond_virgin_with_big_boobies);
 if (boobies_start_to_hang)
 
 dump(young_blond_virgin_with_big_boobies);
 }
 if (there_is_another_company)
 {
 steal(their_ideas);
 accuse(compagny, stealing_our_ideas);
 hire(a_lot_of_lawyers); /* in process.h */
 wait(until_other_company_cannot_afford_another_law
 
 suit);
 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_anothe
 
 r_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!!*/
 }
 }
 
 
 
 
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