From 010c89db96738d7c82bc55bc7da1fd6859611661 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Lars Wirzenius Date: Mon, 12 Apr 2021 15:46:02 +0300 Subject: add final chapter --- Makefile | 3 +- announcement.mdwn | 114 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ index.mdwn | 2 +- 3 files changed, 117 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-) create mode 100644 announcement.mdwn diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile index 80cd9d0..24b085b 100644 --- a/Makefile +++ b/Makefile @@ -6,7 +6,8 @@ chapters = \ assault.mdwn \ ambush.mdwn \ arrest.mdwn \ - devcont.mdwn + devcont.mdwn \ + announcement.mdwn shorts = \ origin.mdwn diff --git a/announcement.mdwn b/announcement.mdwn new file mode 100644 index 0000000..e2f2eb3 --- /dev/null +++ b/announcement.mdwn @@ -0,0 +1,114 @@ +# Announcement + +Some weeks later, Anna is in her office, typing. "Good news. Sam just +emailed me that the initial responses from big resellers on the new +product version are quite positive. The first actual reviews in blogs +and the press are expected in a week or two. The first impression +reports are all good." + +She adjusts her sitting position. "Sam invites us all to a celebration +of the product launch tomorrow and also a retrospective discussion of +the project. I need to go, but it's optional for everyone else. Who +wants to join? Let me know by tomorrow lunch time, and I'll let Sam +know who're coming." + +Anna keyboard away, and stands up. Robin knocks on her door jamb. +"How're things?" + +"Did you see what I said on IRC just now?" Anna takes her big tea mug +from her desk and starts walking towards the door. Robin takes a step +back. + +"Yeah. I guess I'm. Hopefully it won't be another ambush." + +Anna shakes her head as they walk together to the kitchen. "No reason +why it would be. But if it is, that'll be the end of our relationship +with SH." + +"Yeah. I don't think we can take another crisis. Not even if the last +several weeks have been smooth." + +Anna fills the kettle with fresh, cold water. "Exactly. Our bruises +are still visible. But we can have some bubbly and some cake, if +nothing else." + +----------------------------------------------------------------------------- + +The open kitchen and lounge area of the Smart Home office is crowded. +People are talking, not loudly, but enough that the general impression +is a cacophony. People are standing in groups of a few people, holding +champagne flutes and small paper plates with cake, trying to drink, +eat, talk, and not drop anything. + +Sam hits his glass with a metal spoon. "Hear me, hear me! It time for +a speech." Soon the hubbub quiets down. Sam moves to the side of the +room with a projector screen that everyone can see. + +"We're here to celebrate a successful product launch. Does everyone +have something to drink? Go ahead and get something, I'm going to +propose a toast in a moment." + +Several people shuffle to the kitchen counter, where a couple of +bottles of champagne are standing next to a half-eaten cake. Sam +continues talking. + +"This is an unusually important product launch for us. You all know +that. Even though a year ago we were reluctant to admit it, we were in +deep trouble. The version of our product back then was not in great +shape. If the launch of this week had not gone well, we would not be +celebrating. I've spoken with our primary venture capital investors +earlier today, and they said they were ready to pull the plug if +this launch didn't go well. But it did! They're not pulling the plug +on us. In fact, they're talking about wanting us to do another round +of investment so that we can grow fast again. Cheers!" Sam raises his +glass and takes a sip. + +Everyone applauds, raises their glass, and takes a sip. + +"I am not ashamed to admit that we could not have done it without the +Team! Despite some friction, we all worked together to build a great +product. To the Team!" Sam raises his glass again and takes a sip. + +There's a short hesitation, but then applause and glasses raises and +champagne is sipped. + +Anna walks next to Sam and looks at the crowd. "On behalf of the Team, +I also wish to make a toast. Like Sam said, we worked together, and we +built something. Hopefully we can work again in the future. To the +Smart Home 3000 system!" She raises her glass and takes a sip. There's +applause and glasses are emptied. + +Sam raises his hand. The noise abates. "In other news. There's news +about Antero as well. The police have finished the investigation and +the public prosecutor has indicted Antero for fraud. The police say +there is hard evidence for fraud. It seems Antero has been lining his +own pockets for years at several companies and would have done that at +Smart Home as well, but did not have time for that. As it stands, the +prosecutor is asking for five years in prison." + +Someone claps a few times, but then goes silent. It's an embarrassed +silence. + +"The police have also concluded that there was no breach of Smart Home +office network and that either Antero accidentally printed out all the +incriminating documents or there was a freak malfunction somewhere." + +A shout is heard. "Yeah! That's what I've been saying all the time." +It's the head office IT person. "There's no way our office network +could be breached. We have good security. I set up the firewall +myself." + +----------------------------------------------------------------------------- + +The Team has gathered in the kitchen in their own office. Robin sits +in a chair and has her feet on the kitchen table. Other people are +sitting or standing. Everyone has a tumbler with some brown liquid. +There's a bottle of expensive whiskey on the table. + +"RUDE WORD I'm glad to be rid of that bunch." Robin takes a gulp and +makes a grimace, then coughs. "My, that's a bit strong." + +Anna leans backwards against the wall. "I'm glad the project is over. +I hope we don't need to work with them again, I do, but I tried to +leave that bridge intact. No point in destroying it in case we +desperately need a client again." diff --git a/index.mdwn b/index.mdwn index fae4528..aa5661d 100644 --- a/index.mdwn +++ b/index.mdwn @@ -28,7 +28,7 @@ There may be contradictions. Retconning in the future is possible. * Chapter 6: [[Ambush]] * Chapter 7: [[Arrest]] * Chapter 8: [[Audit]] -* to be continued +* Chapter 9: [[Announcement]] # Meta -- cgit v1.2.1