A little history. These were sent out to the whole company back in 1994 and 1995. They mention some of the old boards we sold back in those days.
Chistmas at Heurikon (or the Nightmare before Christmas)
'Twas the week before Christmas, and all through the place
all the people were hustling at a remarkable pace;
The boards were stacked-up in shipping with care
In hopes that Fed Ex soon would be there.
The Engineers were nestled all snug in their cubes
while visions of Laguna danced on their tubes
And all the VP's, having just finished eating
Had just settled down for a long budget meeting.
When over in sales there arose such a clatter
I ran down the hall to see what was the matter
Right past purchasing I flew like a flash
noticed the fish bowl and grabbed a fist full of cash.
The glow of the lights on the big shiny bell
which foretold of an order like a bat out'a hell
When in front of my face I saw Cindy C
Holding an order for Nitro-LC -
An order so large, she shouted with glee,
I knew in a moment it must be B.E.
And then Tom out of breath, a runnin' he came,
and he whistled and shouted and called them by name:
"Now Vortex! Now Nitro! Phase I, II, & III
On Malibu, Laguna, and V960D.
To the top of the charts, right off the board
Now, Sell 'em, Go Sell 'em, Now Sell 'em, he roared.
Then Cheryl and Sandra and wee little Phylis
reminded us all that soon it'd be Christmas
and with so many reasons, we should all have a party
with food and with prizes, we can all eat up hearty.
We'll have 7 main courses and 30 desserts
we'll all gorge ourselves, we can eat till it hurts.
Our glorious leader, merry old Bob
conferred his approval with an all knowing nod
then he sprang to his desk, to his team gave a whistle
and away they all flew, with the speed of a missle
And we heard him exclaim as he faded from sight
"Make the shipments for the month, or I'll be back tonight."
But ignoring his warning, we broke out the beer,
Singing "Merry Christmas to all, and a Happy New Year."
A. Byron, S. Raasch, P. Roberts; 1994
Chistmas at Heurikon (or the Nightmare before Christmas)
'Twas the week before Christmas, and all through the place
All the people were hustling at a remarkable pace;
The boards were stacked-up in shipping with care
In hopes that Fed Ex soon would be there.
The Engineers were nestled all snug in their cubes
While visions of Ciena danced on their tubes
And all the VP's, having just finished eating
Had just settled down for a long budget meeting.
When over in sales there arose such a clatter
I ran down the hall to see what was the matter.
I flew like the wind, as fast as I could,
Lest Adriane catch me and make me give blood!
The glow of the lights on the big shiny bell,
Which foretold of an order like a bat out'a hell
When in front of my face I saw Melanie R.
Holding an order for Nitro-QR.
An order so large, she shouted with glee,
I knew in a moment it must be B.E.
And then Tom out of breath, a runnin' he came,
And he whistled and shouted and called them by name:
"Now Baja, now Greyhound, now Nitro NP!
"On Command Video and HDLC!
"To the top of the charts, right off the board
"Now sell 'em, go sell 'em, now sell 'em," he roared.
Then Tammy and Karen and wee little Phylis
Reminded us all that soon it'd be Christmas
And with so many reasons, we should all have a party
With food and with prizes, we can all eat up hearty.
We'll have 7 main courses and 30 desserts
We'll all gorge ourselves, we can eat till it hurts.
Our glorious leader, merry old Bob
Conferred his approval with an all knowing nod
Then he sprang to his desk, to his team gave a whistle
And away they all flew, with the speed of a missle
And we heard him exclaim as he faded from sight
"Make the shipments for the month, or I'll be back tonight."
But ignoring his warning, we broke out the beer,
Singing "Merry Christmas to all, and a Happy New Year."
A. Byron, S. Raasch, P. Roberts; 1995
