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- From: anonymous@somewhere.bigcomputerfirm.com (R)
- Newsgroups: rec.humor.funny
- Subject: The Burroughs/Sperry Merger Song
- Date: 12 Aug 90 23:30:05 GMT
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- --------------- The Burroughs/Sperry (now Unisys) Merger Song -----------
- (to the tune of the "Battle Hymn of the Republic")
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- Mine eyes have seen the glory of the merger come to pass.
- It has taken two expanding firms and knocked them on their ass.
- It has given all the customers heartburn and lots of gas.
- And the stocks started going down.
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- Glory, glory, what a merger.
- Glory, glory, what a merger.
- Glory, glory, what a merger.
- And the stocks keep going down.
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- I have seen the speculation of the great things yet to come.
- Like software without source code that will never fail to run.
- And promises of hardware where our real work can get done.
- But the stocks keep going down.
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- They have bet the ranch on Unix as the future's tidal wave.
- And they're counting on the Unix sales to try to help them save,
- Their relationship with Wall Street where investors won't behave.
- And the stocks keep going down.
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- I have seen the teams of experts crawling all around our site.
- With assurances that they will fix the things that aren't quite right.
- And it only took them half a year to straighten out our plight.
- But the stocks keep going down.
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- I have seen them lay off thousands just to "turn the ship around"
- But they kept the chief executive and rumors did abound.
- And the crew below the decks could hear the waters gurgling sound.
- And the stocks kept going down.
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- Perhaps this year their factories will get stuff off the line.
- And perhaps the distribution group will ship it out on time.
- And perhaps the stuff will really work when we bring it all online.
- Or the stocks will still go down.
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- And now the architect who brought this wonderous thing about.
- Has moved into the banking world, where without a doubt
- He will give the financiers good cause to dance and sing and shout,
- As the stocks keep going down.
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- So now lets toast Jim Unruh and award him our respect.
- And hope he's not the captain standing on the deck
- Of the ship known as the Titanic, just before its icy wreck.
- Or we'll all be going down.
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- Well, I guess it's clear that there is really nothing more to say.
- Except we hope this company is facing brighter days.
- So let's get our buts in gear, and update our resumes.
- As the stocks keep going down.