Been a while..
I suspect one or two people will remember me from my time driving the Oracle PHP strategy c.2003-2006 and I even made a few blog entries in those days over on http://richardrendell.blogspot.com/ which I am not using anymore. In 2007 after 18 years, I moved on from Oracle and pursued a few business opportunities of my own. I caught up with Christopher Jones late last year on his return visit to Melbourne (Australia). Chris worked with me for 16 years in the Melbourne development center mostly on SQL*Plus and later forming Oracle’s PHP strategy. Chris moved to the US in Sep 2006 to work more closely on PHP and open source initiatives at Oracle and I think his professionalism, skills and dedication continue to add great value in these areas. We traveled the world learning from the PHP community and listening to our own customers needs regarding Oracle and PHP. I mentioned to Chris that I missed those times, he said he had just got back from Brazil and it was one of the best places he had visited then proceeded to recount all the highlights which were going into his blog. So much for a sentimental moment. It was that catch up with Chris that remided me (again) that I had not resurrected my own blog. So, I hope in my ongoing business endeavors that I have something meaningful to contribute and of course learn from the worldwide community .. welcome to Richard Rendell’s Blog 2.0.
