Thank you, Gostev

[graymalkin]

I was having a conversation years ago with some fellow admins and we were complaining about all of the garbage weekly emails we had to sort through in our inboxes. One admin mentioned that the only one he looked forward to was the "Veeam email from that Gostev dude." We all agreed, and the conversation turned into how great Gostev's weekly emails are.

So, I 100% agree with the OP, thank you Gostev, for all your years of those fantastic weekly emails. They are definitely missed. Good luck with your new position at Veeam.

[dgriffin]

Hello Mike, thank you so much for your kind words.

Truth be told, there are additional complications these days due to my new senior role. Please appreciate that I can no longer openly share my personal opinion like I did without it coming across as an official Veeam's position. This was already a major issue even before I became C-level, with our Alliance execs firefighting the fallout of my newsletters every other Monday. But same issues now would mean 10x bigger problem, including for me personally, and every next newsletter can become a Veeam career-ending one yet I cannot fix this because I refuse to create bland content which only goal is to make everyone happy.

I just like to say it how it is and 11+ years of writing this newsletter convinced me that it's practically impossible to produce interesting, non-bland technical newsletters without constantly upsetting someone. And I'm not talking vendors only but also regular readers who disagreed strongly with some of my points, got upset about jokes I make etc. and decided to go all the way to our CEO with their concerns... this happened many times over the past decade and a few folks even made it their mission to get me "corrected". It was not a pleasant experience but is an unavoidable reality for any newsletter with tens of thousands subscribers.

So unfortunately I'm unable to start again while I'm holding my current role at Veeam, however I can definitely foresee restarting if/when I leave Veeam - as overall, I did enjoy doing this and I know that many people liked the content.

Thank you for understanding.

Thank you for the many years of newsletters. I, like many others, miss them. I have never understood why people feel the need to "correct" someone who has a differing view or opinion. If I find any newsletter not to my liking, I just unsubscribe and move on with my life. I don't agree with everyone on everything and that is how I learn.

If/when you leave Veeam, Veeam will lose part of its soul.
Cheers!

[Otago]

Gotta echo other's sentiments here. Gostev's blog was one of the few I read every time it came out.

[vanakenarch]

Lots of writers, to avoid censorship & retaliation, use a pen name.

Maybe use Gustev then?

[JailBreak]

Yes this weekly newsletter was the best thing we get every week regarding IT, and yes we miss it. Even today I don't receive many newsletters, don't think there is stuff with good content that worth a newsletter.

In the beginning, maybe 9/10 years ago one newsletter Gostev in one of his newsletter quote one article of mine, I think was regarding using Linux accounts on Veeam Backup, cant remember, and I was just starting blogging back then, and I was like... WOW, Gostev just shared my blog post

So thank you for all, and hope one day you will return writing those critical, knowledgeable and ironic in some ways, newsletter.

[msidnam]

I am late to the party, but I will also say like others have, I always looked forward to Gostevs Monday email. I was sad when it sopped in 2022 and had always hoped it would start again, but it looks like that will not happen.

[Novox]

Gang, I also miss Anton Gostev's weekly digests... (it was the only one I ever looked forward to...) but the world has changed.

Though they will be missed, he needs to do what is right for him at this time and if that means discontinuing his newsletters indefinitely, I respect that.

Again, thanks for everything, @Gostev, Slava Ukraini!

[18436572]

I do miss these newsletters. Gostev made us all look smarter that we are. Now we must actually work for a living. That was a joke (or was it?).

[mcz]

Oh no! Allthough I do understand the reasons, it's very sad to read that Gostev's newsletter won't return. This was an irreplacable part of every monday morning, I've read it even on my smartphone before I was in the office... So, all I can say is thank you for all the good posts in the past!

[mkaec]

I really like this.

@Gostev make it so! (Pritty please)

Why are you asking @Gostev to make it so? He can't do anything. But @Ghostev could step up and volunteer to author the newsletter.

[MelissaPeterss]

also agree