An errant Valentine Mail Server inadvertently forwarded me a bunch of Valentines for other people. I thought I would share.
To: Larry Ellison, Oracle CEO
From: Larry Ellison
"Roses Are Red,
Violets Are Blue,
There is No One I Love,
As Much as You"
To: Kevin Martin FCC chairman
Fr: Brian Roberts, Comcast CEO
"Want us to go
to 'Smorgasbord' cable?
Your home connection
We just disabled"
To: Gary Forsee, ex-CEO, Sprint
From: Sprint customers
"Sprint and Nextel,
Nextel and Sprint,
Our Service is so Awful,
Our Remarks Please don't Print"
To: Nicholas Negroponte, One Laptop Per Child chairman
Fr: Paul Otellini, Intel CEO
"Roses Are Red,
Violets Are Blue,
You hate Me,
I hate you"
To: Steve Jobs, Apple CEO
From: God
Your Iphone I Love
Your IMac's the Way,
But even I rested,
The Seventh Day"
To: 130,000 downsized employees
Fr: Sam Palmisano, IBM CEO
"Your Job's OK,
Your Job's Secure,
Just be ready to move,
To Bangalore"
To: Carly Fiorina, ex-HP CEO
Fr: Mark Hurd, current HP CEO
"Some are Called,
Some are Chosen,
You Showed me the way,
Your Pension's Frozen"
To: John Chambers, Cisco CEO
Fr: The Cisco Users Group
"Your Technology is Great,
It's Really a Buy,
Your Service is so High,
I could just cry"
To: Joe Tucci, EMC CEO
Fr: Steve Ballmer, Microsoft CEO
"You're ticking me off,
I'm calling a cop,
This virtualization stuff
Has got to stop"
To: Steve Ballmer
Fr: Jerry Yang
"$31 is an Insult!
But $35 Would Be Nice
I'll Forgive the Insult,
Just Meet My Price"
To: Jerry Yang
Fr: Steve Balmer
"A 62% Premium!
Our Bid Has Not Changed,
If Google Goes Higher,
They Must Be Deranged"
To: Sergey Brin (Google co-founder)
Fr: Larry Page (Google co-founder)
"Everyone thinks we're
Joined at the Hip,
Stop hogging the G-5
Or get a Fat Lip"
To: Paul Jacobs, CEO, Qualcomm
Fr: Broadcom
"Roses Are Red,
Violets Are Blue,
Thank God you are around,
We need Someone to Sue"
To: Jeff Bezos, CEO, Amazon.com
Fr: Kindle Users Everywhere
"Kindle's OK,
It's not an E-reader,
A portable Web Browser,
Would be a crowd pleaser"
To:Jeff Zucker, NBC Universal CEO
Fr: Kip Compton, Cisco's IPTV chief
"Apple and Slingshot,
Xbox and Tivo,
Your Future is so over,
Does the GE Chair even Know?"
To: Jim Crowe, Level 3 CEO
Fr: Ivan Seidenberg, Verizon CEO
"You lived through the Downs,
Was the worst really over?
I want your market,
Time to hand it Over"
To: Bill Gates, Microsoft chairman
Fr: the Pope
"The Nobel's a Lock,
They gave one to Gore,
Hold out For Saint Hood,
Then ask for More"
To: Ray Ozzie, Microsoft CTO
Fr: Microsoft users
"You got the Cat Seat,
You're Making Big Bread,
Good Luck to you,
The Desktop's so Dead"
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