August 29, 2009
Goodbye High-tech Dreams
- to the tune of “Candle in the Wind 1997”
Goodbye high-tech dreams
Envisioned when you joined the team
And BNR was the company’s name.
For years it reigned supreme.
It was Canada’s darling:
It brought the world digital voice
Riding on waves of light —
It was the carriers’ first choice.
And it seems to me you lived your life
Like a true Nortelian.
Always staying level-headed
When the praise came in.
And your keystrokes will always clack here
In the Capital’s greenest wood —
Your candle’s burned out long before
Your legend ever should.
Thanks to World Wide Web,
Using light to send out bits
With ever-increasing haste
Led to bottomless profits.
But it could not last:
When the Internet bubble burst
Investments had not panned out
And you had to face the worst.
And it seems to me you lived your life
Like a true Nortelian.
Never wavering a moment
When the restatements came in.
And your keystrokes will always clack here
In the Capital’s greenest wood —
Your candle’s burned out long before
Your legend ever should.
Goodbye high-tech dreams;
It was a wondrous sight to see:
The innovations spawned a skilled,
Advanced community.
Goodbye BNR
May you ever be in our hearts —
You were a workplace we enjoyed:
We were proud to play our parts.
And it seems to me we lived our lives
Like true Nortelians.
Always working hard together
Through thick and thin.
And our keystrokes will always clack here
In the Capital’s greenest wood —
Our candles have burned out long before
Our legends ever should.
Our keystrokes will always clack here
In the Capital’s greenest wood —
Our candles have burned out long before
Our legends ever should.
Posted by Isaac at August 29, 2009 10:07 PM