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Dilbert cartoon first published on Tuesday 1st August 2000

Dilbert//4126, first published 26 years ago on Tuesday 1st August 2000


Tags

meeting men automatic registartion product business


Official transcript

Wally says to the Boss, "I plan to spend the next year adding automatic registration to our product."

Dilbert says to Wally, "It already has that feature."

Both the Boss and Wally turn to look at Dilbert. Dilbert replies, "Oh."

originally published on dilbert.com


Open source transcript

I PLAN TO SPEND THE NEXT YEAR ADDING AUTOMATIC REGISTRATION TO OUR PRODUCT.

IT ALREADY HAS THAT FEATURE.

OH.

collated from github.com/jvarn/dilbert-archive


AI Analysis

Comic Strip Title: "Feature Creep"

Summary:

  • The comic strip depicts a meeting where the attendees discuss their plans for the upcoming year.
  • One participant mentions that they plan to spend the next year adding automatic registration to their product.
  • Another attendee responds by saying that it already has that feature, implying that the feature was already included in the product.
  • The comic strip pokes fun at the common phenomenon of "feature creep," where new features are added to a product without being necessary or useful, leading to increased complexity and cost.

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