Hi Michael
maybe its just bon voyage, Happy journeys from this side of the pond :-)


On 17 Jul 2014, at 14:09, Michael Caplin <[log in to unmask]> wrote:

> Tomorrow, I’ll type BYE for the last time. Actually, I’ll just X out of a reflection screen and let the N class that I’m always logged in to log me out.
> 
> I started on a series II in 1976 and thought I died and went to heaven after working on Burroughs & Univac equipment.  The machine always ran; no downtime, easy online development, and those great manuals that actually made sense and had samples of code. I still have the orange pocket guide for the series II.
> 
> I found this list at about the same time that getting help from HP became a hit or miss. I always got a usable answer after posting a question, usually in under an hour.  So the purpose of this is to say goodbye but also to say thank you for all of the help over the years.
> 
> I was in a headhunter’s office about 15 years ago and he told me that I needed to get away from the 3000 because I’d never be able to make a living until I was ready to retire. I told him that he may be right but that I was counting on knowing enough to be able to stay employed and that I intended to outlast MPE. I guess I got lucky and won that argument.
> 
> :BYE 
> mike
> 
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