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Article #25437FullImpact and Chuck Norris
From: Jeff Meyer
Date: Fri, 19 Feb 1988 00:09
Date: Fri, 19 Feb 1988 00:09
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In article <324@esquire.UUCP> sbb@esquire.UUCP (Stephen B. Baumgarten) writes:
>In article <301@dbase.UUCP> drc@dbase.UUCP (Dennis Cohen) writes:
>>No, sorry. Glass was an early code name for the product which will be released
>>as FullImpact. It is being developed by Encore Systems [ ... ]
> ^^^^^^^^^^
>As an aside, is this the dumbest name you've ever heard or what? Sounds like
>an airbag system, or maybe a Chuck Norris movie...
>
> Cannon Films
> in association with
> Exploitation International
> presents
>
> Chuck Norris
> in
> FULL IMPACT!
They'd been ABANDONED by their company,
SOLD to a giant SOFTWARE EMPIRE,
FORCED to add FEATURE after FEATURE to FULLWRITE.
Only ONE MAN can breach the walls of ASHTON-TATE
and BRING the VAPORWARE HOME!
[Insert scenes of huddled software engineers, helicopters, and Chuck Norris
attacking corporate officers with a rocket launcher and a prototype
Kay Dynabook]
------
"Is that how a warped brain like
your's gets its kicks? By planning the
deaths of innocent people?"
"No... by *causing* the deaths of
innocent people."
Moriarty, aka Jeff Meyer
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Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!utzoo!mnetor!uunet!husc6!mit-eddie!uw-beaver!fluke!moriarty From: moriarty@tc.fluke.COM (Jeff Meyer) Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac Subject: FullImpact and Chuck Norris Message-ID: <2921@fluke.COM> Date: 19 Feb 88 00:09:47 GMT References: <8802110454.AA13866@ucbvax.Berkeley.EDU> <1926@saturn.ucsc.edu> <301@dbase.UUCP> <324@esquire.UUCP> Sender: news@tc.fluke.COM Reply-To: moriarty@tc.fluke.COM (Jeff Meyer) Organization: John Fluke Mfg. Co., Inc., Everett, WA Lines: 41