Journey’s end
It has been a four-year roller-coaster trip, from the beginnings in May 2007, where I was astounded that I had even one visitor, to the movement from a free hosted solution to its own domain, through the heady days of the Gentalk interviews, and the Second-Life Gen Gatherings, the beta trials of CA Gen r8 through to its final release and even to its imminent service pack, the last four years have seen Gentalk.biz track what’s going on in the CA Gen world.Today, however, I have reluctantly, for a number of reasons, and with a very heavy heart, decided to announce the closure of Gentalk.biz.
The one overriding thought that I will leave Gentalk.biz with (on a personal level) is the fact that I have made many new, good friends, both inside and outside of CA.
In the forseeable future (as long as it is possible to predict), I am not disappearing from the CA Gen community completely, and will continue to be involved in the CA Gen arena, both in my working life and as part of the ongoing development process of the toolset (as far as I am allowed). I will continue to promote what I will always see as a fantastic, innovative and productive development environment.
The site will be active (comments will be accepted) until around September 2011, when it will cease to be visible on the internet. Any requests for copies of the content should be made before then.
One final note to all readers, contributors, friends and associates who have made the 4-year Gentalk.biz journey possible, I can only say….

Edwin – The best places to gather CA Gen knowledge are i) the EDGE user group website (www.edgeusergroup.org) and CA’s CA Gen community sites (probably will ask you for a login/registration) (https://communities.ca.com/web/ca-gen-edge-global-user-community/welcome ) and the message board within that community ( https://communities.ca.com/web/ca-gen-edge-global-user-community/message-board ) .
If you wish, you can PM me (info@gentalk.biz) and I’ll put you in touch with the “right” people to get any specific information you need…
I am a new Gentalk community member, as I just joined 2 weeks ago. I am still trying to figure out how I can tap into the knowledge base of the community in sharing some of my frustrations in using the Fusion Gen as a mainframe developer for the first time.
Is there any suggestion in this regard?
Many thanks.
Well Andrew, this is sad news, since this is the best Gen related site around, which is entirely down to your hard work and enthusiasm for the product. Many thanks for all you have done for the Gen community over the past 4 years and I hope you will remain an active member using other means!