It didn't take my boys long to learn all they need to know about data mining. Wry Coder has written a bonzo search engine. I've even been supporting a couple of university labs to develop some semantic analysis techniques that he can incorporate into the engines.
The data mining gives us a legitimate framework for a competitive intelligence report.
Then, when we enhance the data mining results with some black information that Daemon X, Kelvin Zero, and the rest of my other boys dig up, we blow the competition out of the water.
Through word of mouth, we are becoming known as the Number One source for competitive intelligence in the world.
Of course, we have helped the old jungle telegraph along a lot by spoofing email which touts our capabilities at the critical points that were identified in SRG's plan. Spam is such a waste. Why drench the net with a million garbage messages when a dozen properly placed recommendations will make the sale every time?
It also helps that SRG's plan tells us what companies are in competition with us. Data mining can work inside a company just as well as outside.
Early in the game, Thrasher got Wry Coder to write a Word macro. It hits hard. It waits quietly for three days, then suddenly wipes every hard disk it can find.
Whenever we find a competing company writing a proposal for a contract that we want, we just slip our own tainted document into the company. It does enough damage often enough that we get more than our share of contracts.
I take half the profits and split the rest among my boys. We are all going to be millionaires soon.
Watch out, Bill Gates, Kevin Kurtz is going to catch up to you before long.