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Somewhat surprisingly, this is an actual quote from real Java job advertisment from a serious recruitement company:

This project has massive potential. It could be bigger than SMS.

I don't know what to make of it.. does it mean that it pays more than it costs to send an SMS? Or perhaps you will be required to write code using a phone keypad?

I was kind of disappointed to see that I couldn't buy stock in the company - I'm sure (to quote another recent email that ended up in my spam box for some strange reason):

It is only a matter of time before it is released out into the investment community and they take it to the moon..