Conference iosg::all-in-1_v30

    Don,
    
    This conference and training will never be the same.  You've kept a lot
    of people honest, even when you weren't around to know about it.
    
    Good luck and keep in touch!  

    Hey, Don, you promised to review my course!  Will you be able to finish
    all the modules by aug. 14?  { ;)
    
    Well, just kidding, of course.
    
    Ben said it all, briefly and eloquently, in .1
    
    I wish you the best at your new company.  I hope they realize how
    fortunate they are.
    
    Leslie McAllister

    G'day Don,
    
    In the short time I have got to know you I thought of you as MR.
    ALL-IN-1.  I will miss your contribution.
    
    Thanks for your help and all the best for the future.
    
    Sunil

    Don,
    
    Best of luck.  You'll be missed.
    
    
    -Rick

    Its a sad day when a "proper DECcie" goes. Someone whose whole  outlook
    on life is based around helping others - whether that is colleagues,
    un-knowns through the network or customers....
    
    We will miss you, Don. Thanks for all your help.
    
    Cheers, Chris Jordan
    	Office Consultant,
    	Digital, UK.

    Bye, Bye - Don! Possibly a greater loss to IOSG than a certain CEO...
                                           
    I mean, we're really going to have problems answering questions now!
                                           
    Good luck!

    Winton 

	For your assistance,
	for your knowledge,
	for your vision,
	for your wisdom,
	for your encouragement,
	for your guidance,
	for your humo(u)r,
	and for your spelling lessons,
		we thank you.

	Just for you, I'll mis-spell all-in-1 to allow you one last
	parting shot.  ;')

	Good luck...
    

Good luck, and thank you for several things.... 

	Richard.

    WHAT?  Noooooooooooooooooooooo.  Say it ain't so...
    
    Good luck and thanks for all the answers, patience and smiles...
    
    just,
    
    bj

Don,

Best of luck to you and Joe.  We'll sure miss you and it's hard to think of DEC
without you, your support, your words of wisdom, and your INCREDIBLE ability to 
solve customer problems.

I'll say so long but not goodbye.  At least we live in the same state (sometimes)
ha ha.  

As always, keep the faith and keep in touch,

-jackie :(

    Don
    
    I know of several, including myself who has looked upon your
    customer-first-enthusiasm as inspiration to daily tasks
    
    Best wishes
    
    Hong

Don,

ALL-IN-1 will never be the same now you're leaving. 
I wish you a lot of success and as you were used to say:
Have a ball

Thanks for what you did, for your envolvment and you're responses.


Pierre

Question:  Does the move from "Vickers of DEC" to "Vickers the customer" mean 
that we all have to be nice to him after he leaves?  If so I shall be put 
under substantial pressure ;)

For those who can make it, a European "Vickers farewell" is terribly possible 
at DECUS in Cannes in September..... (Don is giving a seminar on "how to 
upgrade to ALL-IN-1 V3.0 there).

Tony

    How about a stop-over at Reading for us unfortunate enough not to be
    blessed with free-trips to Cannes :-)
    
    Winton 

Sorry, the stop-over is currently planned for Dublin.  There are a number of 
pints that require serious investigation.

T

    Stop over at heathrow, then pub-crawl to Dublin ? 
    
    Winton

It's entirely likely that Mr. Vickers and myself will pass through Heathrow 
en route to Cannes on Sunday, Sept. 6. I, of course, shall keep the handcuffs 
on and the keys in my pocket until the French coastline is spotted.

T

    
     A real class gentleman. Thanks for all the help Don and best of luck.
    
    From all of us up north....
    
    Monica   (she's away on maternity leave)
    Mario    (he's away on vacation leave)
    Derek    (no vacation leave)
    Ricardo  (can't leave)

    Best of luck Don,  Digital owes you a great deal of gratitude for all
    you have done.  You have certainly been the ALL-IN-1 guru for many of
    us.  Thanks, Malcolm
    

    
    Don,
    
     Thanks for all of your patient help in some of the sticky situations
    I've been in in the past.  I wish you the best of luck in your new
    endeavor.  I'm sure your legacy will live on here at DEC.
    
    Have fun !!!
    Larry
    	

    don,
    
    thanks for all your help and support!  you'll be missed!  but good luck
    with your new venture!
    
    	thanks - ann

Don,

I guess it's only proper that I add my best wishes to the list.  I think I may
know you better than most and perhaps know of what you've accomplished better
than most.

I know I'm preaching to the choir in this particular public forum, but I wanted
to share an opinion that I formed many years ago and this feels like the right
time and place.

I've been involved in ALL-IN-1 almost as long as you have.  We've shared some
great experiences in the early days and had some great opportunities to get to
know the people behind ALL-IN-1.  I feel that I've been fortunate to be
acquainted with John Churin, Skip Walters, Marty Skinner, Rick Warford and lots
of other people who were instrumental in translating ALL-IN-1 from a concept in
Churin's head to a great piece of software.

I've known lots of people (OK, some) in various marketing, sales, and sales 
managment roles who have helped make ALL-IN-1 the great success that it is.

However, if I had to pick a single individual to nominate as the person MOST
responsible for the fruition, success, and 'religion' of ALL-IN-1 it would be
you, Don.

I remember in the early years, how you travelled tirelessly, literally around
the world, spreading the religion.  When you weren't training people, fixing
problems, fighting with idiots, answering questions, making ALL-IN-1
presentations, building ALL-IN-1 demos, and managing your system, you were
helping customers understand ALL-IN-1 and how it could be molded into real
solutions much better than any other tool.

It was your energy, passion, and tireless efforts that made the crucial
difference time after time, in account after account.  You even got your
manager excited enough to join the religion and help 'sell' ALL-IN-1
internally.

ALL-IN-1 would not have happened without the dedication and efforts of lots of
good people.  But nobody worked harder, cared more, or accomplished as much as
you did.

You changed a lot of minds and provided leadership and guidance to a generation
of digits.  I wish you the very best and hope you keep the fires burning.

Hal

    Indeed.  Best wishes, Don.
    
    Remember WPAFB?  Remember v2.0 prerelease training?  Remember v2.3
    training in Atlanta when Kevin & Tony & Jim Saunders & JF were the
    instructors, and you bludgeoned each one unceremoniously?  Remeber
    DECworld '87 and "bumper cars" with the good Dr.?
    
    While our occasions to work together were few/far between, there are
    certainly lots of memories.  DEC will be the worse for your moving on.
    
+brad (STILL in Ohio)

KO, the ZK layoffs, now Don...that's it I guess. Pull down the shades,
lock the doors, turn off the lights...the few remaining vestiges of DEC are
finally stamped out and gone...but Digital lives on...more or less...
mostly less...

    Don,
    
    As many have stated, it is difficult to appreciate the impact that one
    individual can have on a product's success.  It is even more difficult
    to appreciate the impact that a single person can have in easing the
    working lives of so many people.  I hope that your contributions are
    always remembered.
    
    I am honored to have known and occasionally worked with you.  After
    your "move" from Charlotte, I worried about you.  I am glad to see you
    pursuing your passion once again.  Now I shall be able to stop worrying
    and rejoice.
    
    I shall miss your quips and reparte'.  Even more I shall miss your
    burning passion for the customer and "what is right".
    
    Keep the faith!
    
    Until we meet again,
    
    Shameless
    
    

  Hail and Farewell Don,

  Thankyou for sharing your wisdom, and for your joy 
  in "doing the right thing".

  GBY

Chele

    Godspeed, Don.  Thanks for all your help through the years!  We know
    you gave ALL-OF-YOU for ALL-IN-1.
    
    Bo

    With your skills, your enthusiasm, your energy, and your beliefs, your new
    venture is destined for greatness.  I hope our paths will cross again.

    Best wishes,
    Jon ...

        Don,
        
        We have started this farewell message to you numerous times. It is 
        so hard to put into words how we feel. (We being the ALL-IN-1 
        Application Programming team at the Customer Support Center). We 
        have talked about your leaving among us and wanted to let you know 
        how much you will be missed. 
        
        When we heard the that you were leaving, we were shocked. We just 
        couldn't imagine you not being around on the Network and in the 
        Notes files (that's how most of us knew you before we met you in 
        person). The loss to the ALL-IN-1 world is difficult to measure. 
        Your ideas, knowledge, encouragement and enthusiasm have helped us 
        many times over to exceed customer's expectations. Thank you.
        
        We do wish you the very best in your future. No matter what you do 
        you will be successful, of that we are sure. You will be in our 
        thoughts often and we hope you have good memories of us too. 
        
        Don, you will be missed by many and especially by your friends here 
        at the center. We don't want to say good bye so we will just say 
        see you later and keep smiling.
        
        Thank you for EVERYTHING,
        
        The OAAPPR team 
        
        Cindy Valdez
        Kathy Perreault
        Tim Butler
        Angela Bacot Amato
        Laurie Simpson
        Abby Zahn
        

    Don,
    
    Best wishes to you in your new venture.  I appreciate the time you
    spent training me to see an application from the users' perspective.
    Your enthusiasm (as well as your unending patience ;*) have greatly
    influenced my approach to interactions with customers.
    
    As always, do what is *right*
Dan

Who is this "Don Vickers" person?
:-)

Scott

    Don,
    
    Although I met you only once, during a week of Expert training, and the
    ONLY reason you'll remember me is cause I'm Perry Coleman's wife, I
    really enjoyed meeting the man that my husband couldn't say enough good
    things about!
    
    Perry and I both wish you the best of luck in your new venture!
    
    Cheryl & Perry Coleman
    

Don -

Its taken a couple weeks for the shock of your announcement to wear off.
I'm saddened to think of what we are losing by your leaving, but the OA
community at large will only benefit from your (now) unrestrained presence.

Your unique viewpoint on the reality of the company, ALL-IN-1, it's related
software, etc, was always refreshing and entertaining, to say the least.

You'll leave a void that I don't think anyone could begin to fill.

Best wishes to you and Joe in your new endeavor.  I'm sure I'll see you at
DECUS in the future.

Good luck,

	Al

    Don,
    
    You will be sorely missed by the entire ALL-IN-1 community, I'm sure.
    I have a tremendous amount of respect for your often-politically-
    incorrect abilities to "call 'em as you sees 'em", frequently noticing
    the forest within the trees before anyone else.  I'm glad that we had
    the opportunity to work together, and I certainly wish you best wishes
    and good luck in your new venture.
    
    In your own well-known words: Keep the faith!
    Jon

        Hi all,
        
        Don has asked me to inform you that, effective last Monday, he
        is no longer a Digital employee.  I have forwarded the replies
        .32-.34 to him so he may see your well wishes.  If anyone else
        posts farewells to Don, please forward them to DECWRL::
        "vickers@Eisner.DECUS.Org".
        
        Thanks,
        
        _Mike