TIME TO LEAVE, TIME TO LIVE 4

[IamaSherpa]

After 20 years of IP Office it’s now time to leave, I am retiring tomorrow.
I have been studying, working, supporting, testing and teaching the IPO here in Italy since the R2.1 for two different distributors, it means 20 Major release suites till now and undefinite MRs.
Here I found lot of high skilled people who helped me and others (for free) to face all the situations, I appreciate it all and I thank them all, this site has been for a long time my daily reading, often more than the Avaya support website.
Honestly, I had never though I would be able to feed my family for such a long time with the IPO but, at the same time, Avaya should lay down red carpets to all the guys I have just mentioned who strongly supported both the product and the brand, even when they were in chapter 11.
I received here much more than I gave but I did my best.
Wars, financial based economy, climate changes, idiots or criminals in the worldwide governments made happiness difficult to achieve, so let me suggest working less and use life for much more important things (people who we love and ourselves), imho.
My “Time Profile” says I am now off, it’s your turn now.
Thank you again guys.
Walter

 

[giorgoil]

Thank you Walter. You did more than you think. I always appreciate you and your work.
Have you a great time. I will follow your suggestion.
Bye
Giorgio

 

[Menniss]

Hey Walter

Thanks for sharing and good luck with your retirement. I hope it is all you deserve, and the transition is a positive one.

I can relate to all you have written I have been doing this for about the same amount of time and hope to squeeze a few more years out of it before I follow you into retirement.

All the best.

Mike

 

[acs2003]

Hello Walter, 20 years of IP office is a fair amount of time with a product , at 71, I am still playing with the latest variation of the product having started with supplying and installing AT+T enterprise PABX's and the original IP office then manufactured in the UK and called SDX INDEX. I had the benefit installing the first SDX networked system in Australia when they they were bought by Lucent technologies now days i look after a few of the Avaya systems however find i am more and more sitting in front of a desk configuring cloud based 3cx systems , retirement may happen but then i have always known that unless you have a retirement plan to keep you busy life can be shortened so take care and keep busy

 

[NYSTECH]

Thank You for all your advise given over the years. It was much appreciated. Enjoy life to fullest in retirement.

 

[ipohead]

Hi Walter

Many thanks for all your contributions over the years.

Enjoy your free time!

 

[derfloh]

Good for you. Bad for the community. I wish you all the best.

BTW: Walter doesn’t Sound Italian but more German.

 

[R3LzX]

Walter I am right behind you and I love Italy (was there in august) ip office started for me in 2004 so its also been 20 years for me as well.

Dolce far Niente is there for you now and in 2025 I hope to have the same.

 

[IamaSherpa]

BTW: Walter doesn’t Sound Italian but more German.

You're right derfloh, but even though my past red beard and the Bosch Telecom company for which I've been working up to 2003 I am fully Italian

 

[IamaSherpa]

Dolce far Niente

The "sweet doing nothing" (Dolce Far Niente) is a old time mith coming from movies, here everybody works a lot now, the only luck is the climate and the geographic variety from north to south (from Highest Alps to the warmest mediterranean sea)

Anyway I have planned very interesting programs from today, hope have enough time to realize

Thank you all guys

 

[derfloh]

You're right derfloh, but even though my past red beard and the Bosch Telecom company for which I've been working up to 2003 I am fully Italian

Crazy. I startet at Tenovis a few months after it had been divided from Bosch Telecom. I was in Berlin.

 

[Firebird Scrambler]

Hello Walter

Thats a lovely post and I do like your comments. Although I was primarily a "Nortel" engineer, I too found that this Avaya IP Office forum was most helpful when I did a number of installations.

I never did fully get the hang of it, but like yourself, events overtook and seeing that Hosted phone systems started to rule the industry and that I had lost the interest in this plug and play stuff meant for me to see if I could do something different career wise.

I've been lucky enough to leave it now, but always try to keep an eye on Tek-tips in case I can offer any assistance.

Do enjoy your retirement.

 

[TomMills]

All the best with your retirement. Thanks for everything.

 

[crumthwacket]

Hasta los huevos!!!

Go with eggs!!!

Good for you…Avaya ain’t getting any better.