When I was in in the valley, I checked in on Coupa. I’m happy to report that the Coupa Oompa-Loompa‘s are hard at work developing the new version of their open-source e-Procurement product, which should be ready in the near future. (Rumors are the next enterprise version will be ready in a month or so.) I wish I had details to share, but everything is hush-hush and I was warned by the Grunka Lunkas not to ask about the secret new features (and since I didn’t have an evil alcohol chugging robot or one-eyed mutant to back me up, I decided to heed their warnings). However, if you listen hard, you just might be able to hear the Oompa-Loompa’s song floating on the breeze.  (At least when they’re not watching TV!)

Oompa Loompa Doom-pa-dee-do
I’m building a great product for you!
Oompa Loompa Doom-pa-dah-dee
If you are wise download it for free.

What do you get when you go open source?
Straying away from the Oracle course
Where you are going terribly flat
What do you think will come of that?

I don’t like the look of it

Oompa Loompa Doom-pa-dee-dar
If you are willing, you will go far
You will live in happiness too
Like the Oompa Loompa Doom-pa-dee-do

Oompa Loompa Doom-pa-dee-do
I have a great product for you
Oompa Loompa Doom-pa-dee-dee
If you are wise you’ll take a look-see

Oracle’s fine when you have lots of cash
It stores all your data and caches it fast
But when you’re cash-strapped, you’re hung out to dry
To watch the vultures circ’ling high

Up in the dark’ning skies

Oompa Loompa doom-pa-dee-dar
But now there’s Coupa, you can go far
You will buy in happiness too
Like the Oompa-Loompa doom-pa-dee-do

Oompa Loompa Doom-pa-dee-do
I have a great product for you
Oompa Loompa Doom-pa-dee-derd
If you are wise, you will spread the word

Ask who they’ll blame when your spend is off track?
Deep in the red and there’s no turning back
Contracts alone will never be enough
If your software’s not up to snuff

And doesn’t track your stuff

Oompa Loompa doom-pa-dee-dar
But now there’s Coupa, you can go far
You will buy in happiness too
Like the Oompa-Loompa doom-pa-dee-do

Oompa Loompa Doom-pa-dee-do
I have a great product for you
Oompa Loompa Doom-pa-dee-dise
If you are wise, you’ll buy enterprise

Recquisitions with a click of the mouse
No more mistakes for accounting to delouse
One click receipts when the order arrives
Invoice matching that always jives

You’ll have no … you’ll have no … you’ll have no regrets

Oompa Loompa doom-pa-dee-dar
But now there’s Coupa, you can go far
You will buy in happiness too
Like the Oompa-Loompa doom-pa-dee-do

And yes, this is to the tune of the Oompa Loompa chant, as first heard in Willy Wonka & the Chocolate Factory.