I come to bury Linux, not to praise it

[oldcpu]

Friends, hackers’s, countrymen, lend me your ears;
I come to bury Linux, not to praise it.
The bugs that existed in old Operating Systems are wretched ;
The great apps are oft forgotten with obsolete PCs;
So let it be with Linux. The noble Ballmer
Hath told you Linux is more expensive
If it is so, it is a grievous fault,
And grievously will Linux answer to it.
Here, under the grudging leave of Ballmer and the rest—
For Ballmer is an honourable man;
So are they all, all honourable men—
Come I to speak in Linux's funeral.
Linux has been my friend, inexpensive and stable for me:
But Ballmer says Linux is more expensive;
And Ballmer is an honourable man.
Linux hath brought many applications home to my PC
Whose savings on commercial apps did my general coffers fill:
Did this in my Linux seem expensive?
When I needed a free GPL app, Linux hath provided:
Expensiveness should be made of sterner stuff:
Yet Ballmer says Vista is cheaper;
And Ballmer is an honourable man.
You all do see that Vista is now oem delivered,
Granted by Ballmer a kingly crown,
Vista may need a new PC to run. Is this lessExpensive?
Yet Ballmer says instead, that Linux is expensive;
And, surely, he is an honourable man.
I speak not to disprove what Ballmer spoke,
But here I am to speak what I do know.
You all have heard of freedom with Linux, not without cause:
What cause stops you then, from now installing Linux?
O judgment! thou art fled to brutish beasts,
And men have lost their reason. Bear with me;
My heart is in the coffin there with my old hardware,
And I must pause till I can afford a new PC.

Oldcpu
rip

(with apologies to Will shakespeare)

[techieMoe]

Umm... That's different.

[oldcpu]

Umm... That's different.

Maybe my sarcasm (and frustration with the rapid OEM spread of Vista) is too deep? I suspect those familiar with Shakespeare's play Julius Caesar are most likely to get the sarcasm.

[techieMoe]

Maybe my sarcasm (and frustration with the rapid OEM spread of Vista) is too deep? I suspect those familiar with Shakespeare's play Julius Caesar are most likely to get the sarcasm.

Oh, I got the sarcasm. Unfortunately the last time I read Julius Caesar was in grade school (about a decade ago), so any reference to that was lost on me.

[fingal]

Yes, I too got the irony. Damning with faint praise perhaps? The world is run by 'honourable men'.

[Zelmo]

Ooh, was that Julius Caesar? Wow, it's been way too long since I read that (same boat as TechieMoe), 'cause I couldn't even be sure it was Shakespeare.

It was an enjoyable read.

[oldcpu]

Oh, I got the sarcasm. Unfortunately the last time I read Julius Caesar was in grade school (about a decade ago), so any reference to that was lost on me.

yeah, understand. It was 35 years ago when I studied Julius Caesar, but I confess, it made a mark on me. Here is a quote from Shakespeare's brilliant original:

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Friends, Romans, countrymen, lend me your ears;
I come to bury Caesar, not to praise him.
The evil that men do lives after them;
The good is oft interred with their bones;
So let it be with Caesar. The noble Brutus
Hath told you Caesar was ambitious:
If it were so, it was a grievous fault,
And grievously hath Caesar answer'd it.
Here, under leave of Brutus and the rest—
For Brutus is an honourable man;
So are they all, all honourable men—
Come I to speak in Caesar's funeral.
He was my friend, faithful and just to me:
But Brutus says he was ambitious;
And Brutus is an honourable man.
He hath brought many captives home to Rome
Whose ransoms did the general coffers fill:
Did this in Caesar seem ambitious?
When that the poor have cried, Caesar hath wept:
Ambition should be made of sterner stuff:
Yet Brutus says he was ambitious;
And Brutus is an honourable man.
You all did see that on the Lupercal
I thrice presented him a kingly crown,
Which he did thrice refuse: was this ambition?
Yet Brutus says he was ambitious;
And, sure, he is an honourable man.
I speak not to disprove what Brutus spoke,
But here I am to speak what I do know.
You all did love him once, not without cause:
What cause withholds you then, to mourn for him?
O judgment! thou art fled to brutish beasts,
And men have lost their reason. Bear with me;
My heart is in the coffin there with Caesar,
And I must pause till it come back to me.

[carlosponti]

whats the point of this post i lost interest about halfway through the first two sentences of your, i am sure, brilliant poetry.

[Dark_Stang]

We're in the coffee lounge, it's poetry, get it?

[cheesecake42]

that was beautiful