At the Beach in Des Moines
Aaron's B-day
Home in Seattle during early 2000
Being a couch potato in San Diego
Enjoying the San Diego weather in early 2000
Alex in the car with Calvin
Alex with Grace when she is born!
Alex with his favorite (OK, only) brother Calvin.
His big blue cat is really cool looking
Here is Grace's home page. As Connie says, she is the digital baby, so here is what is going on.,
Here are some early pictures of her.
Backpacking at the Grandparents
Back
at home she's in the living room
Here is a great sequence as she looks a Daddy. She's about 8 months in these photos going down to San Diego...
Here she is with Mom!
Hugging away
Playing
with her new friend, Elana's daughter
Here she is rocking the boat!
Our newest addition, Grace came to us in June 1999.
The web is amazing, but not great for long term clipping. So saving for posterity some old articles about me for the kids to read someday
Tong Gone From Microsoft
Veteran Executive Takes Leave
By Barbara Darrow, Computer Reseller News
Redmond
3:59 PM EST Tues., Feb. 01, 2000
Rich Tong, a longtime Microsoft Corp. executive who worked on products ranging from the early Excel to the most recent BackOffice suite is leaving the company.
Tong served in a variety of capacities from Excel product manager to, most recently, vice president of marketing for the Business Productivity Application group. He has been very involved in BackOffice.
He was a well-respected member of the executive team, although he had taken a lower profile of late, said sources inside the company.
A Microsoft spokeswoman confirmed Tong's departure, saying he wanted to spend more time with his family and look into other opportunities.
"He is a very multitasking kind of guy. Perfect for Microsoft. Rarely would you get his full attention, but he always got the message. A lot of cycles, drive and energy," said one former Microsoft executive.
Tong's last day will be Tuesday, the spokeswoman said.
Some worried about a brain-drain at the company coming at a crucial time,just before the launch of Windows 2000, the biggest product of its history. "This is a big year for BackOffice so this doesn't look good," said Rick Sherlund, partner at Goldman Sachs & Co., New York.
Indeed, Microsoft is revamping the suite of server applications, including SQL Server, Exchange Server and Internet Information Server, to take advantage of Windows 2000.
"At some point, you've got to wonder how deep their bench is," said Steve Kleynhans, vice president of The Meta Group, Stamford, Conn. "They've lost a lot of experienced people, not all of whom are household names," he noted.
Tong's duties will be assumed by Liz King, another Microsoft veteran, said sources inside the company.
Microsoft has seen its share of departures in the past few years, and executives with stock options that vest can depart as millionaires or even billionaires. Tong, who joined the company in 1988 after a stint as software engineer at LSI Logic Corp., would almost certainly fall in that camp, even though Microsoft shares are now trading just north of $101.
Tong could not be reached for comment.- CRN
