A Farewell to Oates: Adios, El Reg

A quick note to say goodbye. Today is my last day at the Reg having written almost 5,000 stories, and edited thousands more. I started in 2004 as one of three reporters in a small, grubby office in Brixton, south London. I leave a multi-tentacled organ with offices on Leicester Square, in San Francisco, New York and Sydney - …

[Michael H.F. Wilkinson]

So long and thanks for all the fish!

Raises glass

[Aaron Em]

Hear, hear!

Breakfast beers -- hey, that sounds good. Not much work on this morning anyway. Off I go!

[Z 1]

I'll drink to that!

Here's one from me

[Andrew Moore]

Surely...

The correct farewell would be 'I'm going outside; I may be awhile...'

Goodbye and good luck John, thanks for all the stories.

[BRAINPLAN]

All the best!

Best for the future, now go enjoy a cold one and enjoy your extended Friday.

Cheers!

[adnim]

Good luck

good fortune and take care.

[Parax]

re: Good Luck

good fortune and take cake.

[Thomas 18]

Thanks for all the fish

and the news stories

[Anonymous Coward]

With a passing nod to Sarah....

Oh do fuck off!

Enjoy the breakfast beers man.

[Anonymous Coward]

Clearly a true Region stalwart...

.. Breakfast beer? Excellent!

[Code Monkey]

Best of British, John

[tearfully raises a glass icon*]

* real glass to follow

[Trollslayer]

Good luck

I hope you had fun and glad you got out alive!

Thanks for making el Reg with visitng.

[Vic]

Tara John.

Have fun, wherever you're going.

Vic.

[Yag]

Cheers!

Goodbye, and come again anytime

[Steven 1]

21

"opens at 9am, and has a full range of breakfast beers" - I'll drink to that!

All the best John, good luck in the future.

[Thomas 4]

Thanks for the great articles John

...and don't be a stranger in the comments section.

[Emo]

Good luck for the future

May the Vulture be with you always.

[Paul Crawford]

So long and thanks for the fish

Have some Friday enjoyment and good luck for the future.

[Danny 5]

not in the habbit

of checking who wrote which article, but i have been enjoying el reg for many years now and that's due to all the people writing here (that, and the flamewars the mods allow us to have on here).

I wish you all the best and thanks for the past 7 years :)

[IglooDude]

Cheers!

Fair winds and following seas to you, you'll be missed.

[Anonymous John]

Don't blame you.

It hasn't been the same since Sarah left.

[Robin Wauters]

Best of luck

And hrrr. well, best of luck.

[EddieD]

Ah well, fare thee well...

Have fun, and keep taking things no more seriously than they should be - "Breakfast beer"... I wish my local did that - it's all coffee and croissants these days :(

[Anonymous Coward]

Thanks, I've loved your work

beers!

[Simon B]

Good luck

Good luck to you, mine's a beer!

[Ian Ferguson]

Have a good 'un

Cheers for the laffs :)

[Locky]

Good luck

Now pub

[ColonelClaw]

o/

Good luck and all the best

[Peter Gathercole]

Oh well, might as well join in

Thanks, and hope you enjoy whatever it is you are going to.

[Blofeld's Cat]

Farewell...

Good luck, and to misquote Rick Blaine:

"You'll always have PARIS"

[Uncle Slacky]

First CmdrTaco, now this!

Be honest, you guys are up to something, aren't you. It's too much of a coincidence.

[Chronos]

Is everyone buggering off?

Rob Malda

John Oates

Steve Jobs <- the one that affects me the least

WTF is this, musical chairs? Some sort of wind-up? The 1337 leaving with the aliens? Tell me it ain't so! ;o)

Good luck in your future endeavours, John.

[Code Monkey]

Re: The 1337 leaving with the aliens?

Yup. Commentards get the "B" Ark

[Chronos]

Re: "B" Ark

Red hats or blue?

[Anonymous Coward]

Thanks for all the laughs as well as news

and good luck :)

[Olafthemighty]

Thanks, John

Some cracking stories over the years. G'luck.

<-- You've probably had enough for now but feel free to put this aside for later.

[Havin_it]

Exodus!

First Jobs, then CmdrTaco bailed from Slashdot yesterday, now Oates....

Do they know something we don't?

[Anonymous IV]

First Sarah, now you...

<sob>

[davemcwish]

Wot ? No humourous photo like Sarah The Moderatrix

Shame...

All the very best for your next endevour. Hopefully you'll have more time to spend with your jalopy.

[Anonymous Coward]

You'll be wanting

the second photo on the following page then...

http://www.theregister.co.uk/2008/04/18/el_reg_birthday/page4.html

[Andus McCoatover]

Heh!

Thanks for that link. Nice to see the team that's provided my daily must-have read for so long.

[TX_SS]

Awww Maaaaaann

Sorry to see ya go John, your stories were always a good read. Good luck to ya, now get out :)

[Dave 64]

so long

and best of luck

[Brewster's Angle Grinder]

Not another one!

FFS, has Vulture Central installed a giant trampoline in its head office?!

Anyway, good luck John. You've always been the "body" to Lester's frothy "head". Just don't take *all* this place's spirit[s] with you.

[sandman]

Ta and goodbye

Have fun whatever you do after you sober up!

[MisterPhillip]

So long then.

And don't come back!

[Anonymous Coward]

A foamy salute then

Don't get stuck in breakfast, though.

[Jedit]

"A multi-tentacled organ"?

I've seen enough hentai to know where this is going...

Jonotsukidoji: Legend of the Register. You will be missed.

[fishman]

So,

So, are ou implying that the Register = Overfiend?

[Anonymous Coward]

thank you friend

best of luck to ya

[Piro]

Good luck..

... In your future endeavours!

[Rob Daglish]

Good Luck

I'm starting to worry about working conditions at el reg...

That said, all the best for whatever you do. I'm might even try a "breakfast beer" in toast tomorrow (pun slightly intended)

Cheers.

[John Gamble]

Good Night and Good Luck

Herding cats..., er, building up El Reg must have been an exhausting experience. Have a good rest, then get to work on that Java replacement.

[john oates]

cheers

Thanks John, and everyone else.

Funnily enough 'herding cats' was exactly how the job was described to me by Drew...

[Andus McCoatover]

Cheers, John

Thanks for all Your stories. Very heartfelt wishes for You and Yours for the future.

Oh, herding cats? My mate was a mushroom farmer. Dunno how many points he got for the 'drive' nor for his 'pen'. Must've been buggers to herd....

[umacf24]

The Register tone of voice

Hope it stays the same!

[Will Godfrey]

Nooooo.

Another one going.

Was it something we said? (or a lot of somethings)

Oh well...

"The moving finger writes... then buggers orf"

Have a good 'un.

[Captain DaFt]

Best of luck, and best wishes!

Wow, this has been some month!

In the past 30 days, I've ridden out my first tornado, my first earthquake, Jobs resigns, Taco quits, Sarah says so long, there's a hurricane on my doorstep, and now you're leaving!

Oh well, I always was cursed to live in interesting times, so here's another bon voyage toast for you! (It's already afternoon here, but I'll assume you're still at breakfast after all the other libations.)

[SteveD]

sadly missed

I met John as part of the PARIS project, lovely chap, went out of his way to help me out in Spain, I don't speak spanish. Good luck with the new job

[Anonymous Coward]

Err...

...what everyone else said. Thanks and good luck.

[Scott Earle]

"I am just going outside"

Surely Oates' last words should have been that he "may be some time", no?

[Andus McCoatover]

Is this?

With Sarah Bee, and now with John Oates leaving, a "Stephen Elop" effect? Something happened to my favourite daily organ (No, not that one)

[cdilla]

Good luck

Good luck in your future endeavours. You are one of the better (ex) Reg Hacks.

[Anonymous Coward]

9am beer?

Ahh, a late starter then.

All the best for what comes next.

[Not Fred31]

the downhill path

The downhill path of El Reg continues :-(

[John Angelico]

Ah, so long...

... and thank you for being had!