Thursday, April 23, 2009

obscure computer humor

I wrote this a while back.

Background:

DUQN is Duquesne Systems, a former software vendor (I once worked for them - good company w/good people working on good mainframe software products)

Morino is Morino Associates, a former software vendor

Legent is a former software vendor formed by the merger of those two

Goal a former software vendor bought by Legent

dwarf is one of many small former software vendors bought by Legent

CA is Compter Associates, a software vendor that bought Legent

the math of it all expressed as computer code:

DUQN + Morino = Legent + excitement due to culture clash + 0*progress + bad management

Do i=1 to n

Legent + dwarf = Legent + little result

Enddo

Legent + Goal = Legent + silly t-shirt + lost benefits + layoff(s) + semi-chaos + more bad management

Legent + CA + financial fraud = CA + large job loss + nice severance + lousy service + pissed off (American English) customers + no indictments (statute of limitations ran out too soon)

(c) 2007 DataStructuresHouston