Article 1324 of rec.humor.funny:
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From: jss@Sun.COM (Josh Sirota)
Newsgroups: rec.humor.funny
Subject: How to read electronics advertising
Keywords: computer, chuckle
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Date: 21 Sep 89 10:30:06 GMT
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Posted: Thu Sep 21 05:30:06 1989
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This was posted to a Sun-local newsgroup. Apparently it originated at HP.
HOW TO READ AN ELECTRONICS ADVERTISMENT
When It Says: It Really Means:
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Available Now! We overstocked / We can't sell any.
(Alternative: We have a really hot
item at an outrageous price)
State-of-the-Art Design We can't get the chips yet but we hope to
before manufacturing starts.
Proven reliability Antiquated technology and obsolete parts.
Compatible with most systems Favor us with a big enough order and we'll
start designing an interface
Tremendous expandibility The unbundled "bare-bones" system with the
low advertised price is virtually useless.
User-friendly Slow, eats memory for lunch, and probably
won't meet your specific needs (but for a fat
consulting fee, we'll be happy to customize
it for you).
Advanced features We couldn't get rid of the quirks/bugs in the
system, so we're pretending we planned them
all along.
Competitively priced Costs less than IBM's.
--
Josh Sirota
Sun Microsystems, NSE group
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