Hoping that the bug will prove to be a minor problem, you release KAREL as is: relatively bug free. The early release ensures no competition from LOGO the Medic, but perhaps your greatest liability is KAREL's cost. The six months of testing were more expensive then anticipated, and those costs are reflected in KAREL's price. Though KAREL is not the economic software package once envisioned, it still sells moderately priced.

A few hospitals that placed priority purchases on the anticipated product have quickly installed KAREL. On its first day of use at a local hospital, doctors mocked KAREL's EKG monitoring. Similar complaints emerged from other hospitals. In perhaps the greatest insult a piece of medical technology can receive, the all-too popular drama "ER" poked fun at the supposedly phenomenal software package in one episode.

Even worse, a few hospitals filed lawsuits against your company, claiming that KAREL's poor EKG technology was a major factor in surgical failures. Judges held repeatedly against you, citing that you were strictly liable for creating a sound proof product, but failed to take basic cautionary measures.

Penniless, you go back home and wait for inspiration to strike once more. You tumble upon your next big project once again in your dreams: APPY the do-it-yourself appendectomy CD-ROM.