I think the appropriate mourning period is over.
Last week when Alex Homer and I were discussion the Data Access track at the upcoming DevConnections conference, he told me that he’s going to work for THE MAN. He’s taken a job on the Patterns and Practices Team for whom he has been contracting for a few years.
The next day there was a post on his blog called “Selling my soul“.
It’s not like I’ve been reading Dave & Al’s books since I was in diapers or anything (I believe Dave is younger than me anyway) but it’s definitely a huge deal for them and for anyone who has known them as Dave and AL or Al and Dave for such a long time. Sniff sniff.
It’s not a drama or anything so don’t’ watch for it to show up in the next issue of Soap Opera Digest. Just a big change for both of them who have teamed up for years.
Dave follows up on this blog post, The End of an Era.
My biggest worry is not being able to count on hanging out with Alex at future DevCOnnections. This has always been a problem when friends who I see at conferences go to work for Microsoft. They aren’t free to travel about quite as much. But at least I’ll still have Dave.
They’ll always be Dave and Al, to me.
Okay I have to get back to the kleenex now. 😉
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Aw, stop it; you’re making me blush.I’m still hoping we’ll be able to get Alex to Connections, since he seems to be the only person in the world who talks about EntLib and Application Blocks. It depends upon hime getting picked though.Mind you, he’s been thinking about stopping the conferences for a while, just getting fed up of the travel and associated hassles. I’ll keep pestering him so he comes just to shut me up 8)