Last week, corporate America, particularly the Wall Street crowd, was
passing around the lyrics to an anonymous little ditty written at
Informix' expense and sung to the tune of American Pie. Popular legend
ascribes authorship to the people at Oracle. We reproduce it here for
your gratification:
-- ARKHARE.US.ORACLE.COM
THE DAY IFMX DIED
A long, long time ago
Phil can still remember how
that software used to make him smile
And he thought he had the chance
To knock Oracle from its stance
And maybe he'd be Larry for a while.
But February made him shiver
With every deal he didn't deliver
Bad news was on the doorstep
His developers made a misstep!
And I can't remember if I cried
When I read about his Q1 slide
But something touched me deep inside
The day Informix died
So
{Refrain}
Bye-bye, Phil White, you poor guy
Drove his server to the market
But the market was dry
And them good old boys were codin' Java and C
Singin' this'll be the last check I see
This'll be the last check I see
Did you read the market downgrades
And do you have faith in DataBlades
If the market tells you so
Do you believe in XPS
Can NewEra save your dev tools mess
And can you teach your reps to confess
Well, I know that you are just a louse
'Cause I saw you drive to Larry's house
You'd lost your Portland crew
Man, all you could do was sue!
You were a desperate chief exec
Who found his strategy was a wreck
Bet you'll soon be bouncin' checks
The day Informix died
I started singin'
{Refrain}
Bye-bye, Phil White, you poor guy
Drove his server to the market
But the market was dry
And them good old boys were codin' Java and C
Singin' this'll be the last check I see
This'll be the last check I see
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adam@cs.caltech.edu
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