Well... Visio, the company I loved so much, was sold to Microsoft and it didn't stay that wonderful company I loved so much. Now, I did leave once, and I came back.

When Microsoft acquired Visio things changed after a few years, which is fine, it belonged to Microsoft after all. I was a telecommuter, I had a great boss that arranged for me to spend one week a month in Seattle. The new management decided no telecommuters. There were four of us and we were all offered jobs in Redmond, we all declined, and moved on.

By that time the Visio we knew was just a memory. As David said "It was a perfect combination of vision, opportunity, talent, diversity, energy and positive attitude." - Yes, it was that good.

Hats off to Jeremy, Ted, and Dave. You guys did good, and I'm honored to have been a part of it.