Merry Christmas everyone. Sing with me!
The First Novell
At first Novell, the analysts say
Was to certain investors
A no-brainer play;
A no-brainer play, they bleated like sheep,
with a billion in cash, an installed base so deep.
No-o-vell, No-o-vell. No-o-vell, No-o-vellll!
Still the king of the network (don't sell).
They looked up and saw a blue star
Shining in the east beyond them far,
IBM, it seemed, just felt so right,
So the stock jumped two points overnight.
No-o-vell, No-o-vell. No-o-vell, No-o-vellll!
Big Blue has come to save us (let's sell!).
But soon the light faded from that star,
so the wise men started looking near and far;
To seek a CEO, chairman and president,
and to follow the internet wherever it went.
No-o-vell, No-o-vell. No-o-vell, No-o-vellll!
IntraNetware and GroupWise are going to sell!
This star drew nigh to the northwest,
O'er Provo and Orem it took to rest,
And there it did both stop and stay
Right over the place where marketing lay.
No-o-vell, No-o-vell. No-o-vell, No-o-vellll!
Now I don't think I'm feeling too well.
Then entered in the wise Marengi,
The good ol' boys went into a frenzy;
He offered them for Christmas presents,
No bonuses and raises of zero percent.
No-o-vell, No-o-vell. No-o-vell, No-o-vellll!
If we make any money only time will tell.
Then let us all with one accord
Shout obscenities at our imbecile board;
Our investments to date, have amounted to naught,
Our blood has been spilled with the shares we have bought.
No-o-vell, No-o-vell. No-o-vell, No-o-vellll!
Send in your proxies and give them hell!
An original(?) Rich Young composition |
