Maya jacked in through a dry fiber line. The JVM greeted her with a splash screen: Java(TM) — Write Once, Run Anywhere (subject to licensing terms).
Below it, someone had scrawled in plain text: java tm
In a near-future where the Java Virtual Machine runs everything from traffic lights to memory implants, a junior developer discovers that the "™" in "Java TM" isn't a legal symbol—it's a leash. And someone just cut it. Story: Maya jacked in through a dry fiber line