>>What a great message! It carries a little more weight coming from someone who was right at the heart of the operation.
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>>You don't say a lot about what you are doing now. Are you another 40-something retired Micromillionaire? <g> Trying to figure out what comes next, apart from Vista?
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>>I have always thought it was impossibly cool that a Deadhead would lead a major project team at Microsoft. Keep on truckin'!
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>I don't know about his finances, but I know he started at MS when the stocks were hopping. I'd be willing to bet he doesn't have to work if he doesn't want to. Randy is one of us "hardcore" types, without the "in your face" personality. I always looked forward to the fox team hanging with us at the jam sessions each year. They are a fun bunch!


The first time I met Randy was on a bus at the Seattle airport, before he joined Microsoft. We were circling around looking for Tamar. Randy was the first one to spot her -- "There she is, over there." What I mainly remember is he had brought a box of diskettes from the previous beta (2.6). It was quite a collection. I thought it was cool that he wanted to recycle them instead of just pitching them.