>>He changes careers, actually. I found this on Andrew MacNeil's blog:
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>I wanted to go to Andrew's blog and give him h*ll for posting this link, as Steve specifically requested to those of us that received his email that it not be posted on a public forum ... I'm thinking a blog would be considered a public forum. I don't think Steve minds that his "retirement" is public knowledge, but just not that link. However, I can't find it anywhere on Andrew's blog. Too late to remove it now Andrew ... it's public knowledge now, unfortunately. =(
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>~~Bonnie

What's the big deal? His letter basically seemed to address the community of developers at large. Didn't sound very "private" to me. I'm glad I read it and gained some insights. Pretty sure that was his goal.