diff --git a/core/src/main/java/hudson/Functions.java b/core/src/main/java/hudson/Functions.java
index 8d2fe8a6665d..55c642f1ed88 100644
--- a/core/src/main/java/hudson/Functions.java
+++ b/core/src/main/java/hudson/Functions.java
@@ -1152,6 +1152,14 @@ public static String getCrumbRequestField() {
     public static Date getCurrentTime() {
         return new Date();
     }
+
+    /**
+     * In tribute to Sun Microsystems and all the people that were a part of it.
+     */
+    public static String getBackgroundImage() {
+        // for one week.
+        return System.currentTimeMillis() < 1265443200000L ? "rip.jpg" : "hudson.png";
+    }
     
     private static final Pattern SCHEME = Pattern.compile("[a-z]+://.+");
 
diff --git a/core/src/main/resources/lib/layout/layout.jelly b/core/src/main/resources/lib/layout/layout.jelly
index 75c22bde5116..6064abee33d2 100644
--- a/core/src/main/resources/lib/layout/layout.jelly
+++ b/core/src/main/resources/lib/layout/layout.jelly
@@ -207,7 +207,7 @@ THE SOFTWARE.
       </tr>
     </table>
     <table id="main-table" width="100%" height="70%" border="0"
-        style="background-image: url(${imagesURL}/hudson.png);
+        style="background-image: url(${imagesURL}/${h.backgroundImage});
                background-repeat: no-repeat; background-position: bottom left;">
       <tr>
         <td id="side-panel" width="20%">
diff --git a/war/resources/images/rip.jpg b/war/resources/images/rip.jpg
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..064a332cf569
Binary files /dev/null and b/war/resources/images/rip.jpg differ