4 (to the tune of "I want your Sex" by George Michael)           I WANT YOUR VAX    (the MTV intro)   C In the past, there were arguments for and against networked systems ) it was a question of resource efficiency. 0 These days, it's merely a question of licensing. it's as simple as that... ' This is not a song about clustered VAX.      There's things that you guess, and things that you know.  There's patches you trust, and source code you don't. There's cabling you hide,  and consoles that you show. & Sometimes you think it's gonna reboot,- but it don't and that's just the way it goes.   5 I swear I won't tease you, won't format your drives,	 0 don't need no tech specs, just call up my lines.. I've waited so long baby now that you're mine.+ your warranty's over, let's get it on-line.    I want your VAX. VAX/VMS. I want your VAX. I want your --- VAX.    2 It's paging out to disk, I'm swapping the console.E It's streaming onto tape, (unison) so why don't you just let it load.   4 I'd really like to try, oh I'd really like to know,	3 when you tell me you're gonna reboot it, then I say % I'm gonna login but you still say no.    (chorus)< I swear I won't tease you, won't format your drives,  (yeah)9 don't need no tech specs, just call up my lines. (ooohhh) * I've waited so long baby, just to connect.* why don't we sync up, my wiring's a wreck.   I want your VAX. VAX/VMS. I want your VAX. I want your --- VAX.     VAX, oh!  $ (solo guitar, or bass, or something)  + It's digital, It's terminal (let's boot it) + It's logical, electrical (you will boot it) ! It's virtual, but most of all ...    VAX is something we should do,	 % VAX is something that's not Big Blue.  VAX is natural, VAX is good.1 Not everyone's got Digital, but everybody should.  VAX is natural, VAX is fun. & VAX is best when it's .... one on one.   one on one.   ! Whoo, VAX (I'm not a programmer)	   Whoo, VAX (I'm not your manager) Whoo, VAX (Talk to your sysop) Whoo, VAX (I am the user!)   Whoo, VAX, Whoo, VAX L-L-L-L- Log-on!  & What's your definition of kludgy baby?# What do you consider functionality? 0 Don't you know I'll log on 'till it crashes baby. Don't you think it's time you had VAX with me?  & What's your definition of kludgy baby? What do you call functionality? 0 Don't you know I'll log on 'till it crashes baby. Don't you think it's time you had VAX with me?  
 VAX with me?     VAX with me?   mmmmm    Have VAX with me?    huh, l-l-l-l-log off!   4 (note: recordings of this available from the author)  E -- Joel M Snyder, Univ of Arizona Dep't of MIS, Tucson, AZ, 85721  -- E --    BITNET: jms@arizmis  Internet: jms@mis.arizona.edu           -- E --    Phone: 602.621.2748 Best Ice Cream: Toscanini's Chocolate #3 -- 