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Congratulations Dalla!!!! You have done exceedingly well over the last decade. You have enlightened lot of folks through your presentations and blogs. Keep going!!!
Sambhu, thanks for the kind words!
Cngrats. I can feel your joy, and years of pain! I remember going to a Webi 3.0 class back in 1997. I remember thinking, “man, this stuff is pretty cool – “I” can even understand it!” Over the years, as a BO employee, through the Crystal Solutions merger, SAP, and longer time as a solo BI -ier — man its been fun. And; down right painful at times. But here we are!
Angel, yes we’re all still here! Wishing you continued success in your career.
Ah, me too, I have this CD.
Gilles, I can’t seem to part with it. It’s a souvenir from the journey.
Wow 10 years ! Way to go Dallas! XIr2 to 4.0 seems long enough 🙂
Adi, thanks for writing. I started with “classic” BusinessObjects 5.1.4 with full client (what we now know as Desktop Intelligence), Designer and Supervisor. I remember freaking out about the platform changes after attending the XI “Extreme Insight” roadshow. And with BI 4.0, all three of the original tools have been depreciated or retired. The future is always in motion.
And the broadcast agent. All the architecture with corba.
Congrats Dallas. I’ve been working on the platform since pre Crystal Reports 8.5 What a crazy journey it has been seeing the product go from CE to BOE to now SAP BOE. 😉