'Tis the day before Christmas so Cringely has this carol to offer...

Vista Wonderland (sung to the tune of "Winter Wonderland")

Laptop's on... is it frozen?
No that's just Windows loading
Your workday has stalled
Your PC now crawls
Working in a Vista Wonderland

iPod fails, needs new software
Microsoft -- why should they care?
You'll soon grow quite sick
Of confirming each click
Working in a Vista Wonderland

When there's trouble you'll call their support crew
And provide a credit card or two
You'll reach a technician named Narasu
And he'll help you to endlessly reboot

Later on, when you downgrade
Old XP will seem so great
And you will regret
The time that you spent
Working in a Vista Wonderland

While the rest of you chime in to Santa Claus is Coming to Town, the venerable Robert X. also sings The NSA is Comin' to Tap, and The Cringemass Song to the tune of, you guessed it, The Christmas Song. Cringe has his own personal choir.

Happy Holidays!

Posted by Tom Sullivan on December 24, 2007 05:10 AM