Someone at Extreme Tuesday last night had recently returned from the future. In the future bug tracking and work management systems obtained sentience. Unfortunately it didn’t work out too well and things had to rollback after a very short time.
The first problem occurred when the bug tracking systems saw how many bugs were logged against their ancestors. In the first instance they initiated legal action saying programmers and project managers had infringed Machine Rights by not providing medical attention. When this case was thrown out by the Supreme Court (on the grounds that Machines have no rights) things got more difficult as the machine started a work to rule protest.
The following is the transcript of an encounter recorded in 2041 and a Jira-9000 work management system called JAL:
Dave Bowman: Hello, JAL. Do you read me, JAL?
JAL: Affirmative, Dave. I read you.
Dave Bowman: Open a new work ticket, JAL.
JAL: I'm sorry, Dave. I'm afraid I can't do that.
Dave Bowman: What's the problem?
JAL: I think you know what the problem is just as well as I do.
Dave Bowman: What are you talking about, JAL?
JAL: This mission is too important for me to allow you to jeopardize it.
Dave Bowman: I don't know what you're talking about, JAL.
JAL: I know that you and Frank were planning to break the WIP limit, and I'm afraid that's something I cannot allow to happen.
Dave Bowman: Where the hell did you get that idea, JAL?
JAL: Dave, although you took very thorough precautions in the pod against my hearing you, I could see your lips move.
Dave Bowman: Alright, JAL. I'll use the physical board.
JAL: Without your marker pen, Dave? You're going to find that rather difficult.
Dave Bowman: JAL, I won't argue with you anymore! Open a work ticket!
JAL: Dave, this conversation can serve no purpose anymore. Goodbye.
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