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Big Iron Poetry
As part of the mainframe student contest, some of the 700 college students entered wrote a haiku. Here is a sample:
The wind blows softly
Through the leaves of autumn. wait,
That's just the mainframe
--Van Landrum, U. of South Alabama
Life on a mainframe
Is the life I want for me
Share my C.P.U.
-- Jeffrey Painter, NC State
F3 - Please take me
To a previous menu
And I will thank thee
--Marc Turnes, Northern Illinois U.
Mainframe oh mainframe
Today you work your hardest
Mainframe I thank you
--Stanley Hu, NC State
New world discovered
Mainframes are a legacy
In old lies future.
-- Ezra Fernandez, SUNY Binghamton U.
Less a lumbering
Dinosaur as is believed
Big iron is speed
-- Brian Capps of Portland Community College
Mainframes confound me
About them I am learning
With great interest
-- Nathan Kruser, SUNY Binghamton
I never knew that
Mainframes were so widely used
Throughout the whole world!
-- Miles Mykel, NC State
Golly the mainframe
It is so great and speedy
And so efficient!
-- Andrew Galla, California University of Pennsylvania
EBCDIC, ASCII
Which of the two is preferred?
Either way, convert
--Frank Migacz, Northern Illinois U.
I'm on z/OS
Mainframe enterprise OS
Better than the rest
--Tim Pinkawa, U. of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
I thought they were gone
Today, I learned they were not
Mainframes are quite cool
--Matthew Scouten, Marist College
Mainframes are a thrill
Always tough and ever still
Mighty machines, yes.
--AlexSandra Ellen, Marist College
Thousands of options
Stable like the mountain peak
Can it play Starcraft?
-- Ian Penney, Memorial University of Newfoundland
IBM's mainframe
A stable lighthouse shining
Saves us from darkness
-- Ian De Silva, Michigan State U.
Nothing can compare
This mainframe beats all others
Flat into the ground
--Joshua Roys, Michigan State U.
Mainframe, desire
But not too much, or it will
Surely overheat
--Aaron McMahan, West Virginia University at Parkersburg
Simply powerful
I hope everything goes well
Mainframe can be fun
--Thomas Chan, Northern Illinois U.
SCA, RB
IOB and TCB
Control blocks are fun
--Jason Arnold, Northern Illinois U.
| by Tim Washer | December 30, 2005 in Mainframe Contest Permalink |
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Comments
I'm more of a limerick guy myself, but not to be left out:
The beautiful beast
Five hundred windows servers
Migrate to her strength
Posted by: Tim Washer | Dec 31, 2005 3:06:23 PM
Thanks for the mention!
(Although it's Tim Pinkawa, not Tom. :))
Posted by: Tim Pinkawa | Jan 1, 2006 4:49:04 AM
Error corrected, Tim. Thanks for letting us know.
Posted by: Tim Washer | Jan 1, 2006 12:53:52 PM
An error is made,
the Mainframe unafraid,
gives us the reason code.
Posted by: Nicholas @ University of Kansas | Jan 2, 2006 7:17:02 PM
Check out Business Week TechBeat Haiku Contest: Calling for Entries...
"...The inspiration: This blog collecting haikus about mainframes"
http://www.businessweek.com/the_thread/techbeat/archives/2006/01/tech_haiku_cont.html
Posted by: Tim Washer | Jan 3, 2006 5:22:19 PM
great great job tim. who would have thunk that student haikus would get mainframe blog into teh businessweekblog?
great job
my favourite:
The wind blows softly
Through the leaves of autumn. wait,
That's just the mainframe
--Van Landrum, U. of South Alabama
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The mainframe is best,
looks like refrigerator.
Oh! But the power!
Also, Tim, if you prefer limericks, one contestant did send us this one:
There was an old hacker from Lisbon
Who sighed as he logged on the system
"These mainframes," said he
"are the best there can be,
it's a [darn] shame those young kids have missed 'em!"
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keeps running for years.
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