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O great Oracle, the one who sees all and knows all, please accept this humble question from thy grovelling supplicant...
Why is Windows so bug-ridden it makes you believe it's still a Beta? And in response, thus spake the Oracle:
THE SCENE: A dark antechamber of the Gates estate, dimly lit by three 20" monitors suspended from the ceiling. In the midle of the room is a Pentium/100 MHz, sheathed in a black casing. Three programmers dance around the machine, chanting horribly. Their pale, clammy complexion is cast hideously by the light of the monitors, rendered even more repugnant to the watchful eye by the 60Hz flicker of the monitors.
| FIRST PROGRAMMER: | Thrice the brinded net hath mewed. |
| SECOND PROGRAMMER: | Thrice, and once the Warp-pig whined. |
| THIRD PROGRAMMER: | MacHarpier cries. 'Tis time, 'tis time! |
| FIRST PROGRAMMER: | Round about the terminal go; In the poisoned upgrade throw. Code, which by a student done In minutes numbering sixty-one. Run-time error, protection fault, Crash ye first, crash ye shalt. |
| ALL: | [as they dance around the Pentium]: Double, double, toil and trouble; |
| SECOND PROGRAMMER: | Fillet of a Sound Card bake, In the Pentium no sound make; Point of arow, click of mouse, Scream of user, frightened spouse. OS/2's net use appeal, Steve Job's look and Wozniak's feel. For a charm of powerful trouble, Like a hell-broth boil and bubble. |
| ALL: | Double, double, toil and trouble; Tempers burn and data bubble. |
| THIRD PROGRAMMER: | Click "Start" button, speed of slug, You would think you forgot the plug. Multitasking, ha ha ho If just one worked you'd be good to go. This should grab those straggling few Who aren't using DOS 6.22. Now we shall the Mac eclipse, While curse words cross our users' lips. Leave the errors in so we can fix And sell more...Windows 96! And so we will release the Beta For corruption of their data. |
| ALL: | Double, double, toil and trouble; Users buy, our profits double. |
| SECOND PROGRAMMER: | Compile it with errors through, Since the users have no clue. |
| [Enter BillGate to the other three programmers.] | |
| BillGate: | O well done! I commend your pains, And everyone shall share i' the gains. And now about the program get, But NEVER use it on OUR net. Security is scarce put in. |
| [Beeps of PONG heard in the background.] [Exit BillGate.] | |
| SECOND PROGRAMMER: | By the usage of my UMBs Wicked Windows this way comes. Open locks, Whoever knocks! |
| [Fade to black.] |
Remember, Obsolescence isn't an accident, it's an art form.
You owe the Oracle a signed, handwritten manuscript of MacBeth, and a copy of the Windows upgrade for the P6.