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… and thanks for all the fish!

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After nearly forty years working on software for the print industry, and nearly thirty working on standards, I’ve decided that it’s time to step back and let younger and more agile minds take over.

It’s been a lot of fun, and I’ve learned an awful lot over that time. I hope I’ve been able to pay something back to an industry that I have come to love, even as it twists and turns and changes as the world changes around it.

So, from the end of this month my work here will be done.

I’ll be shutting down most of my web pages over the next few weeks, although I’m kicking some ideas around that may see the site resurrected in a different guise a bit later.

Many thanks for the support and friendship that many of you have offered me over the years.

Thanks

Martin Bailey

Ps – in case you're not a geek, that fish quote is explained here.

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  1. Alan Darling

    I wish you all the best as you embark on the next phase of your life. I have had the honor of working with you on a few years of those standards, and you have continually amazed me with your dedication and contribution to the Graphic Arts industry. All the best, my friend.

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  2. Dr. Istvan Sebestyen

    Martin, happy retirement! It has been a pleasure to work with you under your chairmanship in Ecma TC46 on the XPS standard. Kind regards, Istvan

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  3. Rainer

    Martin Enjoy your next phase in life. I can't really imagine you retired as in looking out the window and shouting at children for being too loud while playing on the street... It was always a pleasure working with you! May the frog always lead you home safely! Rainer

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  4. Congratulations Martin on a long and significant career

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  5. Congratulations on taking that big step into retirement! It has been great working with you! I hope you can really take advantage of retirement to do all things on your bucket list!

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  6. Martin Bailey

    Many thanks for all your kind words.

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  7. Mike Scrutton

    Martin - many congratulations on your retirement! Must say that I'm envious :) Wishing you all the best. Mike

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  8. Steve Mayer

    Congratulations Martin, and all the best for wherever the road takes you.

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  9. Patricia C McGrew

    You have always been a visionary in my life. Thanks you for everything I've learned from you. Step back and have a blast. We just welcomed twins, so I have two grandchildren at once. Maybe they will come to the industry too! Be well. Keep soaring!

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  11. David L. Zwang

    Martin.. What a long strange trip it has been. I do and will continue to ll miss working with you. Enjoy the next chapter and stay in touch

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