Watching BSM grow

I feel like a parent with BSM (Business Service Management). I was there for its (sorry, has to be neuter I think) conception, helped deliver it to the world, and then to quote Shakespeare:

"At first, the infant, mewling and puking in the nurse's arms. Then the whining schoolboy, with his satchel and shining morning face, creeping like snail unwillingly to school."

Yes, I have watched BSM go through its infancy. I have seen the school bullies taunt it and claim it wasn't correct - as usual, the bullies were acting from positions of jealousy and weakness. 

But, as it has matured, I have watched the teachers and the other pupils understand that they had something truly different in their midst. Now it was the person to be seen with. People were trying to be part of its gang.  

Along the way I have obvioulsy taught it to play golf.

So where is BSM now? Today BMC is annnouncing the next level of BSM with major new products and releases, workflows tying it all together, a whole new level of CMDB and discovery, integrations amongst our own stuff and with partners and third parties etc.

I think BSM has just had the job interview and been offered the job.