+ uncompressed copy of this song.
+
+ 5:30 (MP3 10.2MB) + (OGG 7.8MB)
+
+ + As the author of a number of the OpenBSD songs, I'll admit that + sometimes it's a bit of a chore. Theo bugs me to help him out, often + with a theme, and eventually I relent and devote an evening to it. +
+ One of the things that we're passionate about is making changes to the + software ecosystem that make things safer for all of us - not just + OpenBSD. Very often we try techniques, and adopt practices on OpenBSD + to make things better across the ecosystem, and hope to encourage + others to follow our lead. +
+ We've had a lot of great success upstreaming changes and ideas to + individual projects, often through the diligent work of the OpenBSD + ports developers. We've had less success promoting things up through + standards bodies and other projects. Too often the world seems caught + up in a seemingly suicidal "backward compatibility forever" fervor, + exacerbated by standards bodies populated by corporate represention + that does not want to make any kinds of disruptive changes that might + cause expense. +
+ This time, once Theo put the bug in my ear, it didn't take me very + long. I pondered our recent efforts to fix random functions via + standards bodies, and considered the real possibility of my being + + harmed by the failure of an embedded 32 bit linux device in 2038, + and then this this song just wrote itself in about 10 minutes. +
+ Enjoy +
+ -Bob +
++ Mother, don't think this cruft's too old?
+ Mother, do you think we're heading for a fall?
+ Ooooh aah, mother, we should change these calls.
+
+ Mother, should I send a patch upstream?
+ Mother, do you think it'll change a thing?
+ Mother, will they twist this in an unfair light?
+ Ooooh aah, is it just a waste of time?
+
+ Hush now, baby, baby, don't you cry
+ Mama's gonna keep all of her customers true
+ Mama's gonna keep legacy crap there with you
+ Mama's gonna keep changes from making them sad
+ She won't let you flense but she might let you add
+ Mama's gonna keep baby growing much more
+
+ Ooooh, babe, ooooh, babe, ooooh, babe
+ Of course Mama's gonna help add some calls
+
+ Mother, do you think this code is stuffed? (with shit.....)
+ Mother, do you think it's dangerous? (a bit.....)
+ Mother, can we tear this API apart?
+ Oooh aah, mother, will you break my heart?
+
+ Hush now, baby, baby, don't you cry
+ Mama's gonna rig all of the standards for you
+ Mama won't let anything foreign get through
+ Mama's gonna wait up till you send it, dear
+ Mama will subvert things not invented here
+ Mamma's gonna keep baby under control
+
+ Ooooh, babe, ooooh, babe, ooooh, babe
+ Don't say deprecation to me.
+
+ Mother, does change need to be so hard?
+
+
+