Re: John Sears Retires.....

"Westdorp, Tom" wrote:
> 
> Damn, I feel old all of a sudden.
> 
I remember at one of my first COMMONs (1989???) I asked John if he had a
minute for a question. He said Not just then, but then he asked if I
would be at CUDS that night.  He searched me out and I got the answers
to my questions (and more!) and then we talked about airplanes for about
an hour, small planes- Cessnas and Pipers and such. His knowledge goes
WAAAY beyond OS/400.  He will be missed.

> Too bad he didn't get a farewell tour of COMMONs and Tech Conferences to get
> the Standing Ovations he so richly deserved.  I was looking forward to
> taking at least one of his pitches in Palm Springs next month.

  Indeed. He deserves it as much as any other for sure. From who else
can you get E.F. Codd's data base rules in all their gory detail!
 
> Perhaps he'll continue in the iSeries community as Jon and Susan have?

  Alas, I fear not as he is not listed as a Speaker at COMMON.

  I too wish him well in the next chapter of his life.
 
  - Larry

ps: The answer was DATA QUEUES.....


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