The E-Business Time Warp

This is a bit of nostalgia from my Consulting days whilst living in Singapore. The organisation I worked for was an Oracle E-Business business partner. As part of my responsibility I was invited by Oracle to accompany some of our prospects to their annual conference in New Orleans. One of the events was based on the Rocky Horror Show where we were all given Tee Shirts that were printed on the back with the words below sung to The Time Warp. The words give you Oracles messages and their competitors at that time most of which have been acquired by Oracle or otherwise disappeared.

RIFF-RAFF

It’s astounding,

time is fleeting,

Madness takes it’s toll,

but listen closely….

MAGENTA

Not for very much longer,

RIFF-RAFF

I’ve got to keep control,

I remember glue-ing the pieces!

Connecting…. ….the moments when,

Application’s would stop working,

and programmers would be lurking….

CHORUS

Let’s glue the pieces again! Let’s glue the pieces again!

RIFF RAFF

You take a piece from SAP….

CHORUS

And then a piece from i2.

DR. FRANK

You put your hands in your pockets.

CHORUS

An integration stew,

and they take so long

It really drives you insane.

Let’s glue the pieces again! Let’s glue the pieces again!

MAGENTA

It’s so dreamy.

Ok, patchwork free me!

So you cann’t see me, no, not at all.

In another dimension, with integration intentions.

Where secluded, I see all.

RIFF RAFF

With a bit of the mind flip.

MAGENTA

You’re into the profit slip!

RIFF RAFF

And nothing can be the same.

MAGENTA

You’re spaced out on glazed donuts!

DR. FRANK

With a sprinkle of walnuts!

CHORUS

Let’s have a latte’ again! Let’s have a latte’ again!

REPRISE:

MAGENTA

Well I was walking down the street, just a-having a think,

when a C-E-O gave me an evil wink.

He shook-a me up, he took me by surprise,

he had a lotto cash and the devil’s eyes.

He stared at me and I felt a change,

time meant nothing, never would again.

CHORUS

Let’s do the Time Warp Again! Let’s do the Time Warp Again!

RIFF RAFF

You take a piece from SAP….

CHORUS

And then a piece from i2.

DR. FRANK

You put your hands in your pockets.

CHORUS

Integrators have no clue,

and they take so long

it really drives you insane.

Let’s glue the pieces again! Let’s glue the pieces again!

DR. FRANK

A bit of Clarify here…

CHORUS

An then some Broadvision there…

DR. FRANK

Peoplesoft and Ariba…

CHORUS

An Integration Nightmare

and it takes so long

it really drives you insane.

Let’s glue the pieces again! Let’s glue the pieces again!