Look what they've done to my song, ma

And the tune army marches on with its favourite IT-related songs. ‘I’m sure most of us would agree with the Elkie Brooks song that Perl’s A Singer,’ says Geoff Gibbs. You see, in a changing and uncertain world, you know where you are with Backbytes.
Rachel Goldthorpe points out that ‘a good song title for any Unix administrator is Don’t Let The Sun Go Down On Me’.
Talking of which, we asked for irritating songs, too. Columb Healy, at Siemens, points out that all his colleagues like to sing ‘Solaris’ to the tune of the Dean Martin classic Volare. And when Alex Gow worked for Associated Bulk Carriers servicing NT servers, he liked to sing ‘Downtime’ to the tune of Petula Clark’s Downtown. Now that’s irritating.