Dilbert cartoon first published on Saturday 8th May 2010

Dilbert//7693, first published sixteen years ago on Saturday 8th May 2010

Tags

preventer of information services mordac vampire grumpy crossed arms upgrad computer useful non-standard software wordsmith yell point engineering

Official transcript

Mordac, the Preventer of Information Services Tina says, "My software is so old that I can't open any files that people send me."

Mordac says, "I can't upgrade your computer because then it will be non-standard."

Tina says, "And by non-standard, you mean useful?"

Mordac says, "Be gone, wordsmith!"

originally published on dilbert.com

Open source transcript

MORDAC, THE PREVENTER OF INFORMATION SERVICES MY SOFTWARE IS SO OLD THAT I CAN'T OPEN ANY FILES THAT PEOPLE SEND .

I CAN'T UPGRADE YOUR COMPUTER BECAUSE THEN IT WILL BE NONSTANDARD.

AND BY NONSTANDARD, YOU MEAN USEFUL?

BE GONE, WORDSMITH!

collated from github.com/jvarn/dilbert-archive

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