Ubersoft.net: Technology Is Not Your Friend

The Real Reason the Dot-Coms Failed

18 May 2001 - 12:00am — Christopher Wright

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Comic Transcript

TV PERSONALITY: This just in: Silicon-to-Go, a computer reseller with an international customer base, has capitulated to Ubersoft's request. They have agreed to reveal the names and addresses of every customer who bought a computer without a pre-installed operating system.

TV PERSONALITY: The terms of the deal are undisclosed, but privacy groups are already protesting. The CEO of the company released the following written statement: "We have nothing but the utmost respect for the privacy of our customers, and it was only after a great deal of soul-searching that we ultimately decided on this course of action."

TV PERSONALITY: The CEO then reportedly placed a bucket on his head and ran into a wall repeatedly, until he passed out.

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