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They say that all good things come to an end; today, that's true for both Superpatterns at blogs.sun.com and my nearly ten year tenure at Sun. It's certainly been a wild ride, and I've enjoyed (almost!) every minute of it! My blog will move to blog.superpat.com (If you've been using the FeedBurner feed, there's no need to make any changes) at some point in the next day or so, and I'll be starting a new job on Monday.
I'm setting up the new blog right now (thanks to Arun Gupta for his suggestion of WordPress hosting at GoDaddy), and I'll be blogging on my new gig next week. In the meantime, here's 'Leaving Here' from the mighty Motörhead:
By the way, fellow pedants, it's 'Leaving Here' (with a 'g') - the YouTube caption is wrong. Evidence.
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All the best, Pat. A million thanks for your awesome contributions to Sun Blogs! :-)
Posted by Skrocki on September 18, 2009 at 08:53 AM PDT #
Good luck Pat!
I'm sure we'll bump into each other some time in future. Glad you found the tip useful. I've been happy with GoDaddy so far :)
Posted by Arun Gupta on September 18, 2009 at 09:00 AM PDT #
Congratulations Pat - hope the new Gig. works out. Though I can't believe you didn't hang in there long enough to get your 10 yr award - I hear Oracle give out bronze Larry Ellison busts :)
- Rich
Posted by Rich Sharples on September 18, 2009 at 09:16 AM PDT #
Many congratulations and best wishes, Pat. You're such an icon for OpenSSO that it's unimaginable that you're leaving. Thanks for all your support and camaraderie over the years.
I look forward to staying in touch.
Marina
Posted by Marina Sum on September 18, 2009 at 09:18 AM PDT #
Rich - since I joined through an acquisition, my 'official' time at Sun is counted from July 1997, so I got my 10 year watch already.
Do you think the 15 year award would be a SILVER bust of Larry??? ;-)
Posted by Pat Patterson on September 18, 2009 at 09:23 AM PDT #
What a huge loss to Sun (and/or potentially Oracle...), and a correspondingly big win for whoever has landed you. Every good wish for your new role.
PS - So, Patrick H wasn't just spreading mischief and rumour on Tuesday evening, then!!
Posted by Robin Wilton on September 18, 2009 at 09:27 AM PDT #
Congratulations Pat & good luck at your new job!
I'll miss our whiskey tasting sessions at Liberty/Kantara meetings ;)
Cheers,
Hubert
Posted by Hubert Le Van Gong on September 18, 2009 at 10:01 AM PDT #
Pat you'll be missed around the virtual water cooler!
I look forward to hearing about the new gig!
--Ron
Posted by Ron Ten-Hove on September 18, 2009 at 10:34 AM PDT #
If one must be a pedant, one must be a pedant all the way: please note that the name of the band is "Motörhead", with the umlaut placed on the *second* O, not the first!
Posted by UVR on September 18, 2009 at 10:45 AM PDT #
UVR - as far as I can see, I got it right, didn't I?
Posted by Pat Patterson on September 18, 2009 at 11:04 AM PDT #
That's really bad news. But thanks for all the inspiration and support you gave us on starting SSOCircle. Best wishes for your future.
Posted by Hu on September 18, 2009 at 11:11 AM PDT #
Good luck with your new gig. I don't think we've ever met, but I've been chasing this software around since the Netscape days and I have often read, referenced and recommended your blog (although I still haven't acquired a taste for Scotch!).
Keep it up!
-Cheers
Tony deCelis
Posted by Luis Decelis on September 18, 2009 at 11:27 AM PDT #
Congratulations and good luck!
Posted by Gerald Beuchelt on September 18, 2009 at 11:41 AM PDT #
I am flabbergasted! Definitely a big loss for Sun/Oracle but I hope not a loss for the community.
Best wishes in your new adventure.
May the force be with you !
Posted by Victor Ake on September 18, 2009 at 12:07 PM PDT #
Best wishes to you, Pat! Do keep in touch! - eduard/o
Posted by Eduardo Pelegri-Llopart on September 18, 2009 at 12:25 PM PDT #
Pat, thanks a lot for your help to me. Congrats to you and all the best!
Posted by Henry Zhang on September 18, 2009 at 07:46 PM PDT #
Best wishes for the future!
Posted by Andreas Åkre Solbeg on September 19, 2009 at 04:37 AM PDT #
Good luck in your new adventure. Hope to hear from you in Sun alumni group at google group, too.
Posted by Edward on September 20, 2009 at 10:48 AM PDT #