In court, your fears are all realized as the judge rules against you and your company. It was established in court that your company had not conducted enough tests to justify the release of KAREL. Your company is judged to be totally at fault for being negligent during the development of KAREL, and you end up paying damages far greater than your company can afford.

Stunned by your sudden success and failure, you sell the remnants of your nearly bankrupt company off to a furniture salesman who thinks he sees promise in "all of those neat box-type thingies." Disillusioned by the computer industry and inspired by the good-old-fashioned common-sense of the furniture guy, you start work for him and lead a happy life as a wood polisher.