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[Gill Scott Heron please forgive my caucasian @ss for co-opting your song]
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onEvangelizeRev pWhatItISBrother
You will not be able to stay home, brother. You will not be able to plug in, turn on and cop out. You will not be able to lose yourself on MPEGS and CANDY, Skip out for SCOTCH during LONG COMPILES, Because the revolution will not be televised.
The revolution will not be televised. The revolution will not be brought to you by MICROSOFT In 4 parts without commercial interruptions. The revolution will not show you pictures of SOME EXECUTIVE blowing a bugle and leading a charge by IBM, BORLAND and ORACLE to eat hog maws confiscated from a SILICON VALLEY sanctuary. The revolution will not be televised.
The revolution will not be brought to you by the BBC and will not star LINUS TORVALDS and ERIC RAYMOND or PENN and TELLER. The revolution will not give YOUR APP- BUZZWORD APPEAL. The revolution will not get rid of FEATURITIS. The revolution will not make YOUR PAYCHECK 5 FIGURES, because the revolution will not be televised, Brother.
There will be no pictures of you and THE RUNREV CREW pushing that METACARD ENGINE down the block on the dead run, or trying to slide that METAL LOOK into a KILLER APP. CNET will not be able predict the winner at 8:32 or report from 29 districts OF STANDALONES. The revolution will not be televised.
There will be no pictures of MONOPOLISTS shooting down HACKERS in the instant replay. There will be no pictures of MONOPOLISTS shooting down HACKERS in the instant replay. There will be no pictures of STEVE JOBS being run out of CUPERTINO on a rail with a brand new SCRIPTING LANGUAGE. There will be no slow motion or still life of RICHARD STALLMAN strolling through BOSTON in a Red, Black and Green liberation jumpsuit that he had been saving For just the proper occasion.
JAVA, BASIC, and C# will no longer be so damned relevant, and USERS will not care if BILL finally gets down with STEVE on MICROSOFT RAVE NIGHT because RUNREV people will be in the street looking for a brighter day. The revolution will not be televised.
There will be no highlights on the eleven o'clock news and no pictures of UBER COOL 19 YEAR OLD C.T.O.S and ESTHER DYSON blowing her nose. The KILLER APPS will not be written WITH C++, BASIC, JAVA, C#, PERL, OR FORTRAN. The revolution will not be televised.
The revolution will not be right back after a message about a FEAR, UNCERTAINTY, OR DOUBT. You will not have to worry about a VIRUS IN YOUR EMAIL, MSDN SUBSCRIPTION, or the LATEST .COM BUZZWORD. The revolution will not go better with PROPRIETARY SOLUTIONS. The revolution will not fight the LICENSE that may cause LOCK-IN. The revolution will put you in the HACKER AND ARTIST's seat.
The revolution will not be televised, will not be televised, will not be televised, will not be televised. The revolution will be no re-run brothers; The revolution will be live.
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