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Sales and packaging jargon.

  • NEW: Different colors from the previous version
  • Loaded with new features: We decided to forgo beta testing on this puppy
  • Includes an API for developers: It's there, but you have to figure out how to write a library to get to it
  • Graphical User Interface: It'll scramble your display
  • Improved Documentation: This time we told you how to install it
  • Unlimited license: We don't give you ANY rights to it at all!
  • Free updates: We're done with it - no more revisions!
  • 800 number tech support: Which will be disconnected tomorrow
  • $50 rebate offer: $50.00 when you demand a refund because it doesn't actually work
  • Industry Leader: No one else had the guts to sell it at this price, but we know you'll be suckered
  • Written with OOP in mind: That's what our programmers said, "oops!"
  • Over 30,000 copies in use: We only sold 3, but we figure that many have been passed around
  • In use over 5 years: It took us that long to get it working
  • Rated "best buy" by __________: We pay a lot of money for expensive ads
  • Fourth generation product: The first three were "stillborn"
  • We listen to our users: We just don't do anything they request
  • $495 list, no only $395: We just raised the price from $95
  • Rated #1 by industry: My cousin Ernie drives a trash truck, and he likes it better than anything else
  • Works with most video types: Just not yours
  • Convenient On-Line support: We've found it very convenient to ignore messages there!
  • 24-hour hotline: And boy, do they get hot when they discover we're absent 24 hours a day!

Last modified: Saturday 24 July, 2004 @ 12:38:31:656 EST