from
Jargon File (4.4.4, 14 Aug 2003)
salescritter
/sayls'kri`tr/, n.
Pejorative hackerism for a computer salesperson. Hackers tell the
following joke:
Q. What's the difference between a used-car dealer and a
computer salesman?
A. The used-car dealer knows he's lying. [Some versions add:
...and probably knows how to drive.]
This reflects the widespread hacker belief that salescritters are
self-selected for stupidity (after all, if they had brains and the
inclination to use them, they'd be in programming). The terms
salesthing and salesdroid are also common. Compare {marketroid},
{suit}, {droid}.
from
The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (8 July 2008)
salescritter
/sayls'kri"tr/ Pejorative hackerism for a computer
salesperson. Hackers tell the following joke:
Q. What's the difference between a used-car dealer and a
computer salesman?
A. The used-car dealer knows he's lying. [Some versions add:
...and probably knows how to drive.]
This reflects the widespread hacker belief that salescritters
are self-selected for stupidity (after all, if they had brains
and the inclination to use them, they'd be in programming).
The terms "salesthing" and "salesdroid" are also common.
Compare {marketroid}, {suit}.
[{Jargon File}]
(1994-12-08)