Best of luck in your future endeavors, whatever they may be. And please do not deprive the list of your presence or wisdom. You have been a valuable contributor and, I suspect, can still be a source of knowledge and experience for those of us who are not yet ready to call it a day and for those who are new to VM.
Regards, Richard Schuh > -----Original Message----- > From: The IBM z/VM Operating System > [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Jeff Gribbin > Sent: Monday, January 26, 2009 3:42 AM > To: [email protected] > Subject: Another day, another job (or, "The Song of the Gypsy > Programmers") > > Friends, > At the end of this week, my time with EDS will be up. I > expect to be moving into some state of partial-retirement > and, as-yet, it is unclear = > > whether or not, "IBMVM" will form a part of my professional future. > (Indeed, it's unclear exactly what kind of, "professional > future", if any= , I have in store). > > After a continuous 26+ years with Rolls-Royce and EDS, > preceded by nine = > > years at Commercial Union, I am looking forward to the change > with a high= > > degree of anticipation, coupled, of course, with some > trepidation - intellectually we all know that the future is > unpredictable no matter how, "secure" it may appear - but I > believe that it's only at times in ou= r lives like this that > we truly appreciate that fact! > > Being a part of, "VM and the VM Community" has been a huge > part both of m= y professional and my personal life, and it's > not something that one can = > > just casually walk away from - I suspect that, like many > before me, I shall be - at the very least - "lurking" on > IBMVM for some time to come -= > > but no longer as [email protected] - this address will > terminate as of= > > this weekend. > > So, at this crossroads, I'd just like to say, "Thanks folks - > I could never, ever, have made it this far without you" and > that I hope to maintain contact with the list in some way in > at least the near future = > > even if, after this weekend, for the first time in over > thirty-five years= , I'll no longer have a VM Login to call > my own. (Maybe time to fire up VM/370 and Hercules ... <grin>) > > God Bless > > Regards > Jeff >
