> 
> > > last eight months has been that you never show a marketer a piece of
> > > software that works unless you're willing to put it into production
> > > immediately.
> >
> > Not necessarily so.  day-glow blinking orange text on screen should
> > read DEMO-ONLY, NOT FUNCTIONAL, NOT FOR RELEASE or some other
> > collection of statements to the effect that this will self destruct in
> > fifteen to thirty seconds.
> 
> that would stop them for about.. >clik<

   Laughing! 
   
   Then you have to make sure that the click kills the program or such.
REDSCREEN:   DEMO -- FUNCTION NOT IMPLEMENTED

> "okay, great.   get rid of the splash screen, and take off all those
> warnings, and we'll start rolling it out next week, okay?"

    Sorry, there is not enough functionality.  IF I remove the warnings,
the upper story will collapse into the basement, and all the bits will
desert the computer via the serial port.

> > Add obvious bugs,
> 
> bugs don't stop them either.   it's not that they think the product is
> complete, it's just that they don't have the foresight God gave a
> lemming.

     Uh...  

> the core problem is that they're unwilling to accept responsibility
> for disappointing someone, until the situation has deteriorated so
> badly that they feel justified burning bridges.

    Sell Short.

> blocking essential functions works, but it takes the product out of the
> category of 'working software'.

    Is this not the point?
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