I have come up with the chorus to a song that I think you will all love. It's called "Embrace the Penguin", which will essentially be encouragement for people move over to the world of open source freedom. What I would like to do with the verses, if you like the idea, is turn them into sort of open source verses, and come up with them collaboratively. It's difficult to create art in a multi-opinion collaborative process, but I think it can be done. I will retain the "project lead" position for myself, so the final "commits", if you will, would be my responsibility, but I would like any and all input. I think we would just have to work together on the poetry, and I'll work out the music. Anyway, here's the chorus:
Embrace the Penguin Walk away from Redmond Embrace the Penguin Step into freedom If you believe in living free of corporate monopolies then won't you please join with me and Embrace the Penguin
So what should be in the verses?
Let's have some fun.
Peace, Jim
On 5/21/07, Jim Herrmann kclug@itdepends.com wrote:
I have come up with the chorus to a song that I think you will all love. It's called "Embrace the Penguin", which will essentially be encouragement for people move over to the world of open source freedom. What I would like to do with the verses, if you like the idea, is turn them into sort of open source verses, and come up with them collaboratively. It's difficult to create art in a multi-opinion collaborative process, but I think it can be done. I will retain the "project lead" position for myself, so the final "commits", if you will, would be my responsibility, but I would like any and all input. I think we would just have to work together on the poetry, and I'll work out the music. Anyway, here's the chorus:
Embrace the Penguin Walk away from Redmond Embrace the Penguin Step into freedom If you believe in living free of corporate monopolies then won't you please join with me and Embrace the Penguin
So what should be in the verses?
Let's have some fun.
Peace, Jim
These kinda things lead others to liken OSS to a religion, don't you think?
On 5/21/07, Jim Herrmann kclug@itdepends.com wrote:
No. Not at all. That's like saying if I write a love song, that love is like a religion. Don't you think? Please do, before you speak.
Thanks, Jim
Arthur Pemberton wrote:
These kinda things lead others to liken OSS to a religion, don't you think?
Heh. Would that it makes me guilty in thoughtcrime of FUD, I am reminded of arguments purporting many niche OS players as "Jonestown in the future"
The question now before the list becomes one of WHICH niches were held as most cultic and why?
I consider "corporate songs", like IBM used to make its employees learn, definitely cultish.
----- Original Message ----- From: Jim Herrmann kclug@itdepends.com Date: Monday, May 21, 2007 11:40 pm Subject: Re: Embrace the Penguin To: kclug kclug@kclug.org
No. Not at all. That's like saying if I write a love song, that love is like a religion. Don't you think? Please do, before you speak.
Thanks, Jim
Arthur Pemberton wrote:
These kinda things lead others to liken OSS to a religion, don't
you
think?
Kclug mailing list Kclug@kclug.org http://kclug.org/mailman/listinfo/kclug
This is open source. We're not going to make anyone sing. We're also not going to make anyone contribute to this song. We won't make anyone even listen to it when it's done. This will be a fun song, hopefully a funny, yet educational, song. If anything, Windows is a cult, where people have been brainwashed in to believing that this is the one right way to compute. Oo, that might be a line in the song. Thanks for the inspiration. Even in your attempt to pooh-pooh our fledgling project, you have contributed.
csappenfield@kc.rr.com wrote:
I consider "corporate songs", like IBM used to make its employees learn, definitely cultish.
----- Original Message ----- From: Jim Herrmann kclug@itdepends.com Date: Monday, May 21, 2007 11:40 pm Subject: Re: Embrace the Penguin To: kclug kclug@kclug.org
No. Not at all. That's like saying if I write a love song, that love is like a religion. Don't you think? Please do, before you speak.
Thanks, Jim
Arthur Pemberton wrote:
These kinda things lead others to liken OSS to a religion, don't
you
think?
Kclug mailing list Kclug@kclug.org http://kclug.org/mailman/listinfo/kclug
I wasn't "pooh-pooh[ing]" your fledgling project, I was pointing out that it isn't unreasonable to have the reaction that you describe as unthinking.
----- Original Message ----- From: Jim Herrmann kclug@itdepends.com Date: Tuesday, May 22, 2007 8:11 am Subject: Re: Embrace the Penguin To: kclug kclug@kclug.org
This is open source. We're not going to make anyone sing. We're also not going to make anyone contribute to this song. We won't make anyone even listen to it when it's done. This will be a fun song, hopefully a funny, yet educational, song. If anything, Windows is a cult, where people have been brainwashed in to believing that this is the one right way to compute. Oo, that might be a line in the song. Thanks for the inspiration. Even in your attempt to pooh-pooh our fledgling project, you have contributed.
csappenfield@kc.rr.com wrote:
I consider "corporate songs", like IBM used to make its
employees
learn, definitely cultish.
----- Original Message ----- From: Jim Herrmann kclug@itdepends.com Date: Monday, May 21, 2007 11:40 pm Subject: Re: Embrace the Penguin To: kclug kclug@kclug.org
No. Not at all. That's like saying if I write a love song,
that
love is like a religion. Don't you think? Please do, before you
speak.
Thanks, Jim
Arthur Pemberton wrote:
These kinda things lead others to liken OSS to a religion,
don't
you
think?
Kclug mailing list Kclug@kclug.org http://kclug.org/mailman/listinfo/kclug
Kclug mailing list Kclug@kclug.org http://kclug.org/mailman/listinfo/kclug
(Arthur--sorry you got this twice...that pesky "reply" vs. "reply to all" business...)
On 5/22/07, Arthur Pemberton pemboa@gmail.com wrote:
On 5/21/07, Jim Herrmann kclug@itdepends.com wrote:
I have come up with the chorus to a song that I think you will all love. It's called "Embrace the Penguin", which will essentially be encouragement for people move over to the world of open source freedom. What I would like to do with the verses, if you like the idea, is turn them into sort of open source verses, and come up with them collaboratively. It's difficult to create art in a multi-opinion collaborative process, but I think it can be done. I will retain the "project lead" position for myself, so the final "commits", if you will, would be my responsibility, but I would like any and all input. I think we would just have to work together on the poetry, and I'll work out the music. Anyway, here's the chorus:
Embrace the Penguin Walk away from Redmond Embrace the Penguin Step into freedom If you believe in living free of corporate monopolies then won't you please join with me and Embrace the Penguin
So what should be in the verses?
Let's have some fun.
Peace, Jim
These kinda things lead others to liken OSS to a religion, don't you think?
Maybe, but the tune from "Don't Fear The Reaper" seems to work for the chorus. :-)
Some potential bits for verses...
My friend sent me a .doc file Cost him two hundred bucks to make I opened it with OpenOffice How much money did that take?
My dad called me up in a panic A virus really had him in tears I really did try to empathize But I haven't thought of viruses in years
Don't let 'free software' confuse you. Though saving money is nice, it's really free as in freedom, not just free as in price.
Don't want my data held hostage, then ransomed back at outrageous rates. With no walls, there's no need for windows. Without fences, who needs gates?
On 5/21/07, Jim Herrmann kclug@itdepends.com wrote:
What I would like to do with the verses, if you like the idea, is turn them into sort of open source verses, and come up with them collaboratively. It's difficult to create art in a multi-opinion collaborative process, but I think it can be done.
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