I Signed With NOTIS

by Alan Manifold

22 December 1999

(to the tune of I Shot the Sheriff)

I signed with NOTIS, but I did not sign with epixtech.
I signed with NOTIS, but I did not sign with epixtech.

I found something in my mailbox,
A thing I did not expect:
It was a bill for maintenance
From some company called epixtech,
From a business called epixtech.
But I say,
I signed with NOTIS, but I did not sign with epixtech.
I signed with NOTIS, but I did not sign with epixtech.

NOTIS LMS seemed good to me,
And Horizon did, also.
When they changed to Ameritech
They said, "Kill them before they grow!"
They said, "Kill them before they grow!"
I say,
I signed with NOTIS long before it was Ameritech.
I signed with NOTIS; what's it called now?  I will have to check.

Now they call it epixtech,
The 'e' is lower-case.
It might come before Endeavor,
But not in the marketplace,
Not a chance in the marketplace.
I say,
I'd stick with NOTIS; epixtech can only make me laugh.
I'd stick with NOTIS; it might get confused with epitaph.

epixtech has some great folks,
May their luck be plentiful,
But I hope next time they change their name,
They choose something pronounceable,
They choose something pronounceable.
I say,
I signed with NOTIS, but I did not sign with epixtech.
I signed with NOTIS, but I did not sign with epixtech.