Dilbert cartoon first published on Sunday 26th December 1999

Dilbert//3907, first published 27 years ago on Sunday 26th December 1999

Tags

totally correct time under budget give up features shoebox falloff yarn yarn is free open door policy serious threat new design

Official transcript

Dilbert pokes his head into the boss's office and says: "You were totally correct."

Dilbert says to the boss: "We can develop the product on time and under budget."

Dilbert says to the boss: "All we have to do is give up some features."

Dilbert says to the boss: "For example, the original design called for a scalable wide area network switch..."

Dilbert says to the boss while extending his arms: "...with multiprotocol support and full network diagnostics."

Dilbert shows a sheet of paper to the boss and says: "The new design calls for a shoebox full of yarn."

The boss is looking at the sheet of paper while Dilbert says to him: "So we're in good shape...assuming yarn is free."

The boss says to Dilbert: "You're a serious threat to my open door policy."

originally published on dilbert.com

Open source transcript

YOU WERE TOTALLY CORRECT.

WE CAN DEVELOP THE PRODUCT ON TIME AND UNDER BUDGET.

ALL WE HAVE TO DO IS GIVE UP SOME FEATURES.

FOR EXAMPLE, THE ORIGINAL DESIGN CALLED FOR A SCALABLE WIDE AREA NETWORK SWITCH ..WITH MULTI- PROTOCOL SUPPORT AND FULL NETWORK DIAGNOSTICS.

THE NEW DESIGN CALLS FOR A SHOEBOX FULL OF YARN.

SO WE'RE IN GOOD SHAPE..

ASSUMING YARN IS FREE.

YOU'RE A SERIOUS THREAT TO MY OPEN DOOR POLICY.

collated from github.com/jvarn/dilbert-archive

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