The screen flickered. No installation wizard appeared. No terms and conditions. The screen simply turned a soothing shade of blue, and then, the familiar green icon appeared on his desktop. It looked slightly different, though. The 'X' seemed sharper, more jagged.
Finally, he reached the bottom right of the sheet. Cell Z100. The Exit.
"Perfect," Arthur muttered. He clicked the link. setup_final.exe.
Arthur sat hunched over his aging laptop, a tension headache building behind his eyes. He was a junior data analyst, or at least he was trying to be. His trial version of the spreadsheet software had expired exactly three minutes ago, right in the middle of the quarterly report that was due at 8:00 AM the next morning.