"The Technologies They Are A-Changin'"

Come gather 'round users
Wherever you brows
And admit that the technologies
Around you have morphed
And accept it that soon
You'll be legacy
If your data to you
Is worth savin'
Then you better start upgradin'
Or you'll be obsolete
For the technologies they are a-changin'.

Come regulators and committee members
Who choose standards with your votes
And keep your eyes wide
The chance won't come again
And don't finalize too soon
For the markets' still in spin
And there's no tellin' what
The next big thing is
For the loser now
Will be later to win
For the technologies they are a-changin'.

Come CIOs, managers
Please heed the geeks
Don't stand in the doorway
Don't block up the funds
For he that gets canned
Will be he who has stalled
There's a revolution outside
And it is ragin'
It'll soon shake your Windows
And rattle your Macs
For the technologies they are a-changin'.

Come developers and analysts
Throughout the web
And don't criticize
What you can't understand
Your users and clients
Are beyond your command
Your old road map is
Rapidly agin'
Please get out of the business
If you can't keep up with new standards
For the technologies they are a-changin'.

The line it is drawn
The curse it is cast
The slow one now
Will later be fast
As the present now
Will later be past
The order is
Rapidly fadin'
And the first one now
Will later be last
For the technologies they are a-changin'.