Twas 6 days before Christmas, when on the Sound Bytes show,
There wasn't an answer the boys didn’t know.
The callers were patient as they hung on the phone,
Hoping the answer would surely be known;

The first order of business was Dave with the news,
Next we heard from Steve with his MacIntosh views;
Nick brought us info about the Sound Bytes web site,
With features galore that were sure to delight;

First to call in was Jim on a cell,
Hoping not to be put through Win ME hell.
He would listen to Dave and do what he says,
But Jim was just hoping it wasn’t the Klez.

The scan took so long it ran over night,
But nary a virus was anywhere in sight.
Adware or spyware was next, so he thought,
So the pro version of Adaware is what he had bought.

But Nick quickly jumped in and stated with glee
"Didn't you know that Adaware is free?
Just go to their site and download the file
And call us right back, we'll be here a while."

"Next caller" Dave yelled, "from Fairport it's Fred"
Then it happened again, the phone just went dead.
#@*&#, exclaimed Steve!!! "THIS JUST ISN'T FAIR"
Then "oops, sorry folks, guess we're still on the air."

Rob jumped on the buttons as he does all the time,
The dialtone returned, and all was just fine.
The next caller dialed up but quickly became sad.
"Let's see who is next, oops, time for an Ad."

And they kept answering callers who bawl
about their OSes that somehow had stalled:
On Linux! On Apple! On Windows XP!
Or any other version (especially ME)!
On E-mail, Mozilla, or even IE!
They answered their listeners. They answered them all.
With time for their ads before the next call.

With laughs with the answers and thinking so quick
And a big, booming voice (that had to be Nick)!
They went through the Tango to fix that XP
And even, still grumbling, dealt with ME.
On Apple the pref file was the first to go.
On Linux, some shell script they showed that they know.
In e-mail, some spamware was there to suggest
Mozilla got praises (but IE got jests).

Daniel from Dansville was next on the show
Nick tackled his question but just didn't know
Next up was Dave who just looked left and right
Steve was no help with his iTunes in sight

Daniel then uttered the all crucial news
When his browser went dead his PC did so too
Nick Dave and Steve they then opened their eyes
Problem now solved, a virus there lie

The show is now over we're done for the week
If more info you crave there is one place to seek
Please visit out website and have a long stay
And that's bytes with a "Y" Fran would like me to say

It was later that day, when back at the shop,
Dave was so busy, he just couldn’t stop.
He worked on the first one as fast as he could,
Then on to the next with all the caution he should.

Dave loosened the screws and
the cables with care.
Opened the case, screaming
"That's dust that's in there!"

We fought for the archives and now they are post,
Which I suppose is sufficient and adequate for most.
A live webcast would really be great,
The decision is WHAM’s, I think we must wait.

So now the Archive Army is back with a mission,
Let’s all hope that this effort is not just a vision.
As closing came near, I was hearing Dave scream:
"Happy Christmas to all! Maybe next year, we'll STREAM!!!"