Hi, Rich, Thanks for the reminder. Yes, those were interesting times for a number of reasons. Making friends such as you from around the country and the world was a big deal for me. I really felt at home, personally and professionally, when at WAVV, SHARE, etc., than I ever had before outside of my immediate family. It was a lot of fun.
Mark > -----Original Message----- > From: Linux on 390 Port [mailto:LINUX-390@VM.MARIST.EDU]On Behalf Of > Rich Smrcina > Sent: Wednesday, February 15, 2023 1:35 PM > To: LINUX-390@VM.MARIST.EDU > Subject: Re: Taking some time > > > Congratulations, Mark. > > I have fond memories of hanging out with you in the Covington > convention center to get Wifi. Before Wifi was popular in hotels. > > Best of luck! > > Rich Smrcina > Sr. Systems Engineer > > Velocity Software Inc. > Main: (650) 964-8867 > Main: (877) 964-8867 > r...@velocitysoftware.com <mailto:r...@velocitysoftware.com> > > > > On Feb 15, 2023, at 9:55 AM, Mark Post <mp...@suse.com> wrote: > > > > All, > > > > I'm retiring from SUSE. Today is my last day on the job. I intend to > > stay involved with Linux on the mainframe, including this > mailing list, > > but I'm not sure just how involved. I'll know better after > I've had some > > time to adjust to my new life. > > > > When I left EDS in 2007, the environment at the company had > become very > > toxic, with layoffs every quarter of good people with decades of > > experience. Joining Novell/SUSE at that time was the best > possible thing > > that could have happened to me professionally. It's been > very satisfying > > to contribute to the creation of SUSE's products. It has > literally been > > a dream job for me. > > > > I'm thankful to the many people that have helped me over the years. > > Without them, I might never have been able to make working with > > mainframe Linux my career for 20+ years. > > > > > > Mark Post > > > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > > For LINUX-390 subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, > > send email to lists...@vm.marist.edu with the message: INFO > LINUX-390 or visit > > http://www2.marist.edu/htbin/wlvindex?LINUX-390 > > > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > For LINUX-390 subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, > send email to lists...@vm.marist.edu with the message: INFO > LINUX-390 or visit > http://www2.marist.edu/htbin/wlvindex?LINUX-390 > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For LINUX-390 subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to lists...@vm.marist.edu with the message: INFO LINUX-390 or visit http://www2.marist.edu/htbin/wlvindex?LINUX-390
