From e2a4bf8509a09baf99333c8c079d3ad77e24ddd6 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Lars Wirzenius Date: Sun, 8 Jan 2017 11:08:35 +0200 Subject: Typo/languagge fixes from Paul Wise --- negotiation.mdwn | 16 ++++++++-------- 1 file changed, 8 insertions(+), 8 deletions(-) diff --git a/negotiation.mdwn b/negotiation.mdwn index a5332b3..7fa9bae 100644 --- a/negotiation.mdwn +++ b/negotiation.mdwn @@ -153,7 +153,7 @@ Sam nods. I continue. "Unfortunately, your stuff is of low quality. At least three times in as many years your gadgets have been cracked, and -used in botnets, to participate in the largets distributed +used in botnets, to participate in the largest distributed denial of service attacks the world has seen. This has been noticed by the media, and you have enough egg on your face to feed a shipful of hung-over Englishmen who want @@ -232,7 +232,7 @@ with the possibility of amending the contract, and a commitment by you that you'll provide certain things so we can work efficiently." -"What kinds of thinga?" +"What kinds of things?" "Most importantly, someone from your side who acts as a product owner in the Scrum method sense. Someone who knows @@ -252,7 +252,7 @@ everything over email or video calls." Robin has also, by this time, calmed down a lot, and so when she indicates she wants to say something, I give her a little nod of encouragement. "We prefer to work from our own -office, but we've worked on customer premises before. It +office, but we've worked on customer premises before. It is sometimes hard when customer IT isn't co-operative, but we have ways of working around that. If we can occupy a large meeting room, bring our own chairs, and arrange our own @@ -262,7 +262,7 @@ comfortable." I jump in. "Let's assume we can sort that out. I'll email you, Sam, our standard contract and you can review it with -your people. Now, sincew we Robin here, should we talk about +your people. Now, since we have Robin here, should we talk about the technical problems that you need to solved? I know you're not a techie, and before we take on this project, we'll want to talk to your people in detail about this, but @@ -270,7 +270,7 @@ we can get started. I think Robin already has some ideas for you to consider. Robin?" "Yeah, so I've reviewed your public documentation for your -products. Alxo, a bunch of magazine articles and blog posts. +products. Also, a bunch of magazine articles and blog posts. Did you know there's a whole blog dedicated to describing how shitty you products are?" @@ -309,7 +309,7 @@ and that's probably not something we can do for you." "This sounds like you want us to start all over from scratch. That's going go be a hard sell to our investors." -I smile an evil smile. "They're going to like bankruptcy +I smile an evil smile. "They're going to like bankrutpcy even less. If you want help convincing the investors and stockholders, or your management or developers, well, we can help with that too." @@ -334,7 +334,7 @@ a couple of exceptions, who mostly seem belligerent. I nod at Nina, who opens her laptop and starts typing. I stand up and face the audience. "Hello, everyone, my name is Anna Carter, you may call me Mrs. Carter. I'm the friendly face of The Team, and Sam has -asked us to help you develop the next genaration os SmartHome +asked us to help you develop the next generation of SmartHome products. You may know that SmartHome products have a bit of a bad reputation when it comes to quality and security. To confirm this, I've collected some quotes from recent product reviews, and from @@ -406,7 +406,7 @@ The old guy sits down. His face is now quite pale. The room has started to heat up. Everyone else loosening their ties, or removing sweaters. -I stand up. "This, gentelemen, is an demonstration of how bad your +I stand up. "This, gentlemen, is an demonstration of how bad your security is. It took Nina only..." I look at her. "Fifteen seconds." I shake my head. "Only fifteen seconds to own your office. She now controls locks, and heating. Shall we ask her to open the locks and -- cgit v1.2.1