Alan, Best of luck in your new position. May it be everything you hope it will be. Your insights and help have been invaluable over the years. As ombudsman, you have been a worthy successor to Lyn Hadley. Fortunately for us you will not be kept in isolation.
Has IBM found someone to fill your current position? Hopefully s/he will have 4 feet so that s/he can fill all of your shoes, yours and Chuckster's. Regards, Richard Schuh > -----Original Message----- > From: The IBM z/VM Operating System > [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Alan Altmark > Sent: Thursday, September 02, 2010 7:48 AM > To: [email protected] > Subject: Moving on (please don't panic) > > Effective September 16th, after nearly 28 years in VM > Development, I am > moving to a new role as a member of IBM Lab Services and > Training. There > I will be part of the team that helps you, our clients, > successfully bring Linux to System z, both from a traditional > consolidation perspective, as well as exploitation of System > z and z/VM's emerging technologies. > > I don't make the move lightly or easily, but it serves both > my own goals and IBM's. I will continue to reside in > Endicott with my friends in Development, I will still annoy > them with questions, and I will continue to exert my > influence over product plans. By being in Lab Services, > however, those questions and that influence will hopefully be > the result of deeper, more direct experience with you. > > While I'm here, let me pause to again publicly thank my > colleagues for their many years of support. They always have > taken the time to educate me (over and over sometimes!) so > that I can pass that knowledge on to you. > > I will continue to hang out here and I will still see you at > conferences. > > What *will* change? Well, I'll be on the road more, so > you'll get fewer > near-real-time answers from me on the listservers. (sigh) > Oh, and I'll > be making more recommendations that you get a Services > contract with Yours Truly and the Chuckster to help you. > (Hmmm.... do I get to charge twice?) > :-D > > See you in the funny papers. > > Alan Altmark > IBM z/VM Development (for 14 more days) >
