From: Greg Baker [SMTP:bakergsj@maranatha.net]
Sent: Monday, February 14, 2000 8:43 PM
To:	  Bill Horne
Subject: Re: Request for permission

Granted, in exchange for Linux lessons :)
Greg Baker


> Mr. Baker,
> Sir,
> 
> Please give me permission to copy your song's lyrics to the 
> Boston Linux & Unix Group's discussion board.
> 
> Thanks in advance.
> 
> Bill Horne
> 781 784-7287
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Greg Baker [SMTP:bakergsj@maranatha.net]
> Sent: Saturday, February 12, 2000 11:14 AM
> Subject: FILK: The Linux-nationale
> 
> THE LINUX-NATIONALE
> To the tune of ("The Internationale")
> by Greg Baker.
> 
> (PRONOUNCIATION NOTE: "Linux-nationale"  is pronounced
> "Lee-nux-nat-shun-ahl," as in French).
> 
> Arise, you prisoners of Windows,
> Arise, you slaves of Redmond, Wash,
> The day and hour soon are coming,
> When all the IT folks say "Gosh!"
> It isn't from a legal lawsuit
> That Windowsland will finally fall,
> But thousands writing open source code,
> Like mice who nibble through a wall.
> 
> Tis the Linux rebellion,
> Let coders take their place,
> The Linux-nationale
> Shall Microsoft outpace,
> We can write better programs,
> Our CPU's wont stall,
> So raise the penguin banner of
> The Linux-nationale.
> 
> For those who toil inside the tech world,
> The thought of Windows truly grates;
> In worlds without a fence to bar things,
> Why then should we be stuck with gates?
> The Windows source code has been piggy
> And moves ahead in slow, weak, jerks,
> Conflicting kernels freeze the screen up,
> Why not get something then that works?
> 
> Tis the Linux rebellion,
> Let coders take their place...
> 
> Let's take a trillion trillion monkeys
> And let them type inside a room,
> Infinty will give you "Hamlet",
> But it will also code you "Doom."
> And yet, the trillion trillion monkeys,
> Though writing to the end of time
> Could never write a Windows help file,
> They're so obscure that it's a crime.
> 
> Tis the Linux rebellion,
> Let coders take their place...
> 
> Instead of all the typing monkeys,
> Replace them with some Linux geeks,
> They really aren't to good on Shakespeare
> But turn out useful apps in weeks.
> These people writing Linux kernels,
> It is the thing that Redmond dreads,
> Programmers don't make fashion statements,
> But they can turn out useful threads.
> 
> Tis the Linux rebellion,
> Let coders take their place...
> 
> It's isn't always beer and skittles,
> It's hard to get some tech support,
> But Linux doesn't have a structure
> That Uncle Sam can take to court.
> So walk out to the nearest jetty,
> Toss off your Windows chains! Be free!
> In fact, it's really Inter-netty,
> To fish out Linux from the C.
> 
> Tis the Linux rebellion,
> Let coders take their place
> The Linux-nationale
> Shall Microsoft outpace,
> We can write better programs,
> Our CPU's wont stall,
> So raise the penguin banner of
> The Linux-nationale.
> 
> 
> Copyright  Gregory  A.   Baker   2000.    "Windows"   and
> "Microsoft"  are  registered  trademarks of the Microsoft
> Corporation and their use in  this  song  is  for  parody
> purposes.  My lawyer can beat up your lawyer.