10 years ago today I joined Allaire Corporation as an employee. I had been working with Allaire on and off for a couple of years prior to that date, but on February 2nd, 1998 I joined the company as their first Product Evangelist. And now, 10 years, 2 acquisitions, hundreds of thousands of miles, a dozen or so major product launches, thousands of customer visits and demos, hundreds of hotel stays, countless events and conferences, over a million e-mails, and hundreds of PowerPoint's later, it is still tons of fun. What a ride thus far! I can't wait for what comes next!
As someone who has seen you speak several times, I can tell that you enjoy your job. You're also very good at it, and very thorough.
Here's to what the NEXT 10 years have in store for you!
All the best.
Gary
THANK YOU
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Ken
Sometimes a few of my co-developers and I (we're young and still in, or fresh out of college) gather around a bonfire together. Beside the bonfire we place a 10-foot easel with a blown up photograph of you and the new ColdFusion logo.
Then, without fail, we sway side to side while singing a capella, in unison, the following touching Bette Midler lyrics, that we believe she penned to describe the hard work you and Macromedia (ColdFusion wasn't really that great before they took over, was it?) and now Adobe pour into one of the greatest products on Earth behind the scenes, 24/7, day after day, just so we baby developers can take all of the credit and dominate all of our competition, which we do EVERY TIME.
Wind Beneath My Wings (Bette Midler):
It must have been cold there in my shadow,
to never have sunlight on your face.
You were content to let me shine, that's your way.
You always walked a step behind.
So I was the one with all the glory,
while you were the one with all the strain.
A beautiful face without a name for so long.
A beautiful smile to hide the pain.
Did you ever know that you're my hero,
and everything I would like to be?
I can fly higher than an eagle,
for you are the wind beneath my wings.
It might have appeared to go unnoticed,
but I've got it all here inside my heart.
I want you to know I know the truth, of course I know it.
I would be nothing without you.
Did you ever know that you're my hero?
You're everything I wish I could be.
I can fly higher than an eagle,
for you are the wind beneath my wings.
Did I ever tell you you're my hero?
You're everything, everything, everything I wish I could be.
Oh, and I, I can fly higher than an eagle,
for you are the wind beneath my wings.
Thanks Ben/ColdFusion/Macromedia/Adobe, for everything.
- All 6 ColdFusion developers in Utah.
For make the industry of Web software a better place.
Thanks for share your knowledge a time spend with us.
I hope you stay 10 years more. Amazing job.
Congratulations.
--- Ben
Here's to your continued success!
Regards,
Troy