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Hype Vaporware, Go To Jail?

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the does-what-it-says-on-the-tin dept.

Tim Dierks writes "The New York Times (registration required) has an article describing a federal case against executives in Enron's broadband data division, based upon the charge that Enron claimed that a software platform was more complete and more functional than it actually was. It seems to be that if this case holds up, most of the software industry is guilty. Would the world be better off or not if it was illegal to overpromote the functionality or features of software?"

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  1. Duke by GhostChe · · Score: 5, Funny

    Guess Duke Nukem Forever is really screwed...

    1. Re:Duke by Spectre · · Score: 5, Funny

      I find it amusing that you abbreviated "Duke Nukem Forever" as DNF ... when that is a common race abbreviation for "Did Not Finish" ...

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  2. Weekly Staff Meetings by dfn5 · · Score: 5, Funny
    I do this all the time in my weekly staff meetings.

    Boss: How is that <insert latest project here> coming?
    Me: Oh, I'm almost done
    My Brain: Mental note. Start that damn project

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  3. Hmmm... by M.C.+Hampster · · Score: 5, Funny
    Would the world be better off or not if it was illegal to overpromote the functionality or features of software?

    Only if it's illegal to say that drinking a certain type of beer is going to get you more women.

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