I've always said that once you start using joomla it's like a highly addictive drug that is impossible to let go.
So when I stumbled upon this unattributed chart comparing drug dealers and geeks I just had to produce a joomla version.
| Drug dealers | Joomla developers |
|---|---|
| Refer to their clients as "users" | Refer to their clients as "users" |
| "The first one's free!" | "Download it , it's free..." |
| Have important Asian connections. | Have important Asian connections. |
| Strange jargon: "Stick" "Rock" "Wrap" "E" "Stash" "Drive-by" "Hit (LSD)" "Source" "The Pigs" |
Strange jargon: "plugins" "RTFM" "htaccess" "php" "Cache" "mysql" "GPL" "Source-code" "open source" |
| Realize that there's tons of cash in the 14 to 25 year-old market | Realize that there's tons of cash in the 0 to 99 year-old market |
| Clients really like your stuff when it works. When it doesn't work they want to kill you. | Clients really like your stuff when it works. When it doesn't work they want to kill you. |
| Job is assisted by the industry's producing newer, more potent product. | Job is assisted by the core team producing newer, more potent versions. |
| Job is hampered by police and DEA | Job is hampered by core team producing newer, incompatible versions |
| Often seen in the company of pimps, hustlers and low-lifes. | Often seen in the company of open source hippies, marketing people, venture capitalists and trade mark laywers. |
| When things go wrong, a "fix" is just a phone call away, but may be expensive. | When things go wrong, a "fix" is just a phone call away, but may be expensive. |
| A lot of people are getting rich while still teenagers. | A lot of people are getting rich while still teenagers. |
| Product causes unhealthy addictions | Product causes unhealthy addictions |
| Do your job well and you can sleep with sexy movie stars who depend on you. | Damn! DAMN!!! |
