Greetings list
members!
As most of you are
painfully aware, I have been active on this mailing list for some number of
years. I forget how many but I'm sure to James and Leslie it has seemed like
an eternity. As I have accepted a new position in my company as TEC Admin and
Event Management Architect, I will no longer be directly supporting NetView.
Although I have
often been critical of IBM, I cannot emphasize how much appreciation I have
for the knowledge and skills folks on this mailing list and in L2 support have
provided me. I owe a good deal of my professional development to the people I
have worked with on NetView for over 10 years now. It would not be polite of
me to rattle off their names in this forum, most of them post regularly anyway
so you will see my heart felt appreciation.
I have been in
this industry now for 22 years. During that time, I have held a variety of
positions from printer operator (didn't everyone do that) through the help
desk, on to systems programming, into engineering and now to architect. I have
come to value the input my colleagues almost to the point of taking it for
granted. Many of us worked in the data processing environment before the
internet became mainstream and in those days, it was very difficult to find
another user with similar problem that you could use to resolve your own
situation. This mailing list serves a purpose which no user group, no support
team, and no PDF file can supply, experience, real live experience.
Sharing your information has made my job immeasurably
easier.
Also as a result
of this, I don't believe I will be continuing in my capacity as co-leader of
the Global Tivoli NetView User Group. Jane Curry will undoubtedly continue in
her excellent effort to build the NetView web home as well as build a great
users group. If you folks don't know Jane from this mailing list, take the
opportunity to review some of her posts and by all means visit the NetView web
home and join the NetView users group.
There are a few
people who I would like to specifically mention by name because they offer
help so often and so openly:
James Shanks (of
course)
Leslie Clark (of
course)
Don
Davis
Oliver
Bruchhaeuser
Jason
Allison
Stephen
Hochstetler
Raymond
Westphal
William
Stringfellow
Bernard
Baudoux
Bill
Evans
Scott Bursik (p.s.
I only drink pepsi)
Catalina
Martinez
Jane
Curry
Some of these
folks have provided answers when I needed help, and some have provided
questions that made me think "Hm.... that is a good point!". But mostly, they
shared without reservation, their opinions and experience and I have said
there is no substitute for that. You can't manufacture experience. There are
several others and of course, many folks in Inge Halverson's support team that
I have either forgotten to mention or would prefer not to be mentioned.
So, good luck
listers :) I will still be around lurking in the shadows. Feel free to email
now or in the future.
Scott
Barr
Distributed
Network Engineer
CSG
Systems Inc.
scott_barr@csgsystems.com
Voice:
402-431-7939
Fax:
402-431-7413