TWikiWeThey: PiratesOfPenguinance

Written By
Web Webster
Web Webster
Jan 31, 2004

[ Thanks to John
Stone
for this link. ]

“[The scene: Major-General Darl McBride has stepped up to
the fo’castle of HMS SCaldera, which has just fought its first
skirmish against the dread Pirates of Penguinance. He prepares to
hold a press conference^W^W^W^W address the troops:]

“McBride:

“I am the very model of a modern SCO executive.
Our market share is minuscule; our losses are consecutive.
But from our labs deep in U-T, you very soon will surely see
The ultimate, the pinnacle, in
high-technolo-barratry…

“Lawyer Chorus:

“We have thirty thousand contracts, though most are
quite historical.
We have thirty thousand contracts, though most are quite
historical.
We have thirty thousand contracts, though most are quite
historical…”

Complete
Story

Web Webster

Web Webster

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