Dilbert cartoon first published on Saturday 24th February 1996

Dilbert//2506, first published thirty years ago on Saturday 24th February 1996

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become mimes blame the mimes debug elbonia four million dollars one million dollars quality assurance software programmers engineering

Official transcript

Dilbert points to a diagram on an overhead projector. Dilbert says to the Boss, "You saved one million dollars by having programmers in Elbonia write software for us."

Dilbert continues, "But we wasted four million dollars trying to debug the software."

Dilbert continues, "And the entire staff of our quality assurance group quit to become mimes."

The Boss responds, "Let's blame the mimes; they won't talk."

originally published on dilbert.com

Open source transcript

YOU SAVED ONE MILLION DOLLARS BY HAVING PROGRAMMERS IN ELBONIA WRITE SOFTWARE FOR US.

BUT WE WASTED FOUR MILLION DOLLARS TRYING TO DEBUG THE SOFTWARE.

AND THE ENTIRE STAFF OF OUR QUALITY ASSURANCE GROUP QUIT TO BECOME MIMES.

LET'S BLAME THE MIMES; THEY WON'T TALK.

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