[flashrom] [ANNOUNCE 2011-04-01] flashrom and Adobe Flash merger
Carl-Daniel Hailfinger
c-d.hailfinger.devel.2006 at gmx.net
Fri Apr 1 19:26:19 CEST 2011
On this special day, Adobe and the flashrom project are delighted to
announce an event in the software world with unprecedented impact and
tremendous user value:
flashrom and Adobe flash will be merged.
The ease of use of flashrom and the stability of Adobe flash will be
fused in one product with a new name signifying the delightful future:
/\/\-> (TM)
Consumer focus groups have established that replacing a name with a logo
(/\/\->) and associated sound ("bzzzrt") will enstrengthen the
imagination of customers worldwide, yielding exceptional brand
recognition through visual and auditory association.
In the past, would-be flashrom and Flash users have mixed up both tools,
and the ensuing suboptimal experience resulted in slightly less than
satisfied customers. This merger will address and alleviate the
associated challenge while giving flashrom.org and Adobe a competitive
advantage.
The new product /\/\-> will sport the following features:
- High version number: 2011.4.1, which means the product is cutting
edge, and customer awareness remains permanently raised due to rapidly
rising version numbers.
- Ultimate portability: Everything runs in the Flash virtual machine.
- Super cookies: It was never easier to bake cookies on your hardware.
The new software has direct hardware access and can overheat any
flash-related chip to a temperature suitable for cookies.
- Superior security: Only 10 remotely usable buffer overflows.
- State-of-the-art usability: A command line interface with a cryptic
man page.
- Consolation for failed operations: Each time an error occurs, the user
is presented with an animation with sound.
- Direct hardware access: Versions can be tailored to one specific
device without any possibility of unauthorized copying.
Please join us in welcoming the new world order.
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