It's still VMS For Me, a song using the melody from Billy Joel's It's Still Rock'N'Roll to Me

Created by Hamlyn Mootoo

What's the matter with the VAX I'm booting
Can't you tell that it's all but died
Maybe I should buy some old line printers
Move the tractors, the greenbar's too wide.
Where have you been hidin' out lately, Mikey
You can't kill the OS 'til you bleed it for more money
Everybody's talkin' 'bout the new Windows
Funny, but it's still VMS for me

What's the matter with the tape I'm writing
field service says it's "out of spec"
Should I get a set of new DLT drives
They're much faster, what the heck
Nowadays you can't be too sentimental
Your best bet's a full image, then an incremental
Try restore, can't score, swear it worked the day before
It's still VMS for me

It doesn't matter what they say in the "roadmaps"
'Cause it's always been the same old scene
There's a new chief in town
But you can't get the low-down from a story in a magazine
The lines you've got to read between

How about a set of 9-track media
And a bright orange set of docs
You could really be Sys Admin baby
If you just take 'em out of the box.
Don't waste your money on those over-priced courses
You learn more from reading the microfiche sources
Next phase, new wave, Windows craze, anyways
It's still VMS for me

What's the matter with the Compaq people
Don't you know that they're not too bright
You try to tell them what they need to do
But I don't think they see the light
Don't you know about the new deal honey?
All you need is Hewlett with a whole lot of money
It's the next phase, new wave, Linux craze, anyways
It's still VMS for me
Everybody's talkin' 'bout the new Windows
Funny, but it's still VMS for me

Comments to: Martin P.J. Zinser
Last modified: 20011105