[OT^2] The Revolution will not be televised

[Alex Rice]

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[Gill Scott Heron please forgive my caucasian @ss for co-opting your 
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onEvangelizeRev pWhatItISBrother

You will not be able to stay home, brother.
You will not be able to plug in, turn on and cop out.
You will not be able to lose yourself on MPEGS and CANDY,
Skip out for SCOTCH during LONG COMPILES,
Because the revolution will not be televised.

The revolution will not be televised.
The revolution will not be brought to you by MICROSOFT
In 4 parts without commercial interruptions.
The revolution will not show you pictures of SOME EXECUTIVE
blowing a bugle and leading a charge by
IBM, BORLAND and ORACLE to eat
hog maws confiscated from a SILICON VALLEY sanctuary.
The revolution will not be televised.

The revolution will not be brought to you by the
BBC and will not star LINUS TORVALDS
and ERIC RAYMOND or PENN and TELLER.
The revolution will not give YOUR APP- BUZZWORD APPEAL.
The revolution will not get rid of FEATURITIS.
The revolution will not make YOUR PAYCHECK 5 FIGURES,
because the revolution will not be televised, Brother.

There will be no pictures of you and THE RUNREV CREW
pushing that METACARD ENGINE down the block on the dead run,
or trying to slide that METAL LOOK into a KILLER APP.
CNET will not be able predict the winner at 8:32
or report from 29 districts OF STANDALONES.
The revolution will not be televised.

There will be no pictures of MONOPOLISTS shooting down
HACKERS in the instant replay.
There will be no pictures of MONOPOLISTS shooting down
HACKERS in the instant replay.
There will be no pictures of STEVE JOBS being
run out of CUPERTINO on a rail with a brand new SCRIPTING LANGUAGE.
There will be no slow motion or still life of RICHARD
STALLMAN strolling through BOSTON in a Red, Black and
Green liberation jumpsuit that he had been saving
For just the proper occasion.

JAVA, BASIC, and C# will no longer be so damned relevant, and
USERS will not care if BILL finally gets down with
STEVE on MICROSOFT RAVE NIGHT because RUNREV people
will be in the street looking for a brighter day.
The revolution will not be televised.

There will be no highlights on the eleven o'clock
news and no pictures of UBER COOL 19 YEAR OLD C.T.O.S and
ESTHER DYSON blowing her nose.
The KILLER APPS will not be written WITH
C++, BASIC, JAVA, C#, PERL, OR FORTRAN.
The revolution will not be televised.

The revolution will not be right back after a message
about a FEAR, UNCERTAINTY, OR DOUBT.
You will not have to worry about a VIRUS IN YOUR EMAIL,
MSDN SUBSCRIPTION, or the LATEST .COM BUZZWORD.
The revolution will not go better with PROPRIETARY SOLUTIONS.
The revolution will not fight the LICENSE that may cause LOCK-IN.
The revolution will put you in the HACKER AND ARTIST's seat.

The revolution will not be televised, will not be televised,
will not be televised, will not be televised.
The revolution will be no re-run brothers;
The revolution will be live.

end onEvangelizeRev
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