>I would not be surprised if/when he moves on from a salaried developer job to be a mentor/consultant/trainer
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>Actually, it may come sooner than you think. Just today he had to cut a phone call with me short, because he was finishing up a deal to do some work for John Deere.

Really? That's a local company. Maybe if he comes into the area I can con him into speaking at our user group.