heatseeker
<person, jargon> (IBM) A customer who can be relied upon to buy, without
fail, the latest version of an existing product (not quite the same as a member
of the lunatic fringe). A 1993 example of a heatseeker is someone who, owning a
286 PC and Windows 3.0, goes out and buys Windows 3.1 (which offers no
worthwhile benefits unless you have a 386). If all customers were heatseekers,
vast amounts of money could be made by just fixing the bugs in each release (n)
and selling it to them as release (n+1).
[Jargon File]
(1996-03-12)
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