Good luck, and I hope you are getting a great big raise. On Thu, Sep 2, 2010 at 10:44 AM, william JANULIN <[email protected]>wrote:
> Best of luck to you Alan. If your travels bring you to sunny Naples, Fl, > give me a call. > > Bill Janulin > ASPG, Inc. > > --- On Thu, 9/2/10, Alan Altmark <[email protected]> wrote: > > > From: Alan Altmark <[email protected]> > > Subject: Moving on (please don't panic) > > To: [email protected] > > Date: Thursday, September 2, 2010, 10:48 AM > > 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) > > > > > >
