TUHS July 2024

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Re: Anyone ever heard of teaching a case study of Initial Unix?

by Steve Jenkin

Found these two. Anyone seen others? I bought this book soon after it was published. It’s a detailed study of some major IT projects, doesn’t draw “lessons” & rules like I’d expect of an MBA Case Study. Why information systems fail: a case study approach February 1993 <https://dl.acm.org/doi/book/10.5555/174553> > On 5 Jul 2024, at 09:31, Lawrence Stewart <stewart(a)serissa.com> wrote: > > A quick search also shows a number of software engineering case study books. ================ Case Study Research in Software Engineering: Guidelines and Examples April 2012 <https://dl.acm.org/doi/book/10.5555/2361717> Based on their own experiences of in-depth case studies of software projects in international corporations, in this bookthe authors present detailed practical guidelines on the preparation, conduct, design and reporting of case studies of software engineering. This is the first software engineering specific book on thecase study research method. ================ Case studies for software engineers May 2006 <https://dl.acm.org/doi/10.1145/1134285.1134497> The topic of this full-day tutorial was the correct use and interpretation of case studies as an empirical research method. Using an equal blend of lecture and discussion, it gave attendees a foundation for conducting, reviewing, and reading case studies. There were lessons for software engineers as researchers who conduct and report case studies, reviewers who evaluate papers, and practitioners who are attempting to apply results from papers. The main resource for the course was the book Case Study Research: Design and Methods by Robert K. Yin. This text was supplemented with positive and negative examples from the literature. ================ -- Steve Jenkin, IT Systems and Design 0412 786 915 (+61 412 786 915) PO Box 38, Kippax ACT 2615, AUSTRALIA mailto:sjenkin@canb.auug.org.au http://members.tip.net.au/~sjenkin

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Re: Anyone ever heard of teaching a case study of Initial Unix?

by Steve Jenkin

Links for those who’ve not read these articles. Open access, downloadable PDF’s. ================ Peter J Denning in 2008 wrote about reforming CACM in 1982/83. [ extract at end ] <https://cacm.acm.org/opinion/dja-vu-all-over-again/> The space shuttle primary computer system Sept 1984 <https://dl.acm.org/doi/10.1145/358234.358246> The TWA reservation system July 1984 <https://dl.acm.org/doi/abs/10.1145/358105.358192> ================ After Editor in Chief of the ACM, in 1993 Denning established "The Center for the New Engineer" (CNE) <http://www.denninginstitute.com/cne/cne-aug93.pdf> Great Principles of Computing, paper <https://denninginstitute.com/pjd/PUBS/ENC/gp08.pdf> Website <https://denninginstitute.com/pjd/GP/GP-site/welcome.html> ================ Denning, 2008 Another major success was the case studies conducted by Alfred Spector and David Gifford of MIT, who visited project managers and engineers at major companies and interviewed them about their projects, producing no-holds-barred pieces. This section was wildly popular among the readers. Unfortunately, the labor-intensive demands of the post got the best of them after three years, and we were not able to replace them. Also by that time, companies were getting more circumspect about discussing failures and lessons learned in public forums. ================ > On 5 Jul 2024, at 09:31, Lawrence Stewart <stewart(a)serissa.com> wrote: > > Alright, apologies for being late. > > Back in 1984, David Gifford and Al Spector started a series of case studies for CACM. > I think only two were published, on the TWA reservation system and on the Space Shuttle primary computer. -- Steve Jenkin, IT Systems and Design 0412 786 915 (+61 412 786 915) PO Box 38, Kippax ACT 2615, AUSTRALIA mailto:sjenkin@canb.auug.org.au http://members.tip.net.au/~sjenkin

2 months, 1 week

Lions book reprint by Bell Labs

by Tom Lyon

The fabulous Dr. Honeyman made a gift to me of his Lions' books which were printed by Bell Labs. Does anyone know WHEN that happened or WHO made it happen? I figure it must have been at least 1 year and maybe 2 after Lions' originals. See Images: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1BIs3Qsihp6nI2iX1Ax3fNU-OFv5dfy0O/view?usp=… https://drive.google.com/file/d/1LoQUl8ND7D18z1W5I3NF-QwIvDkfXk0t/view?usp=… https://drive.google.com/file/d/1xg4TAJNAp5h8FljulJh9Zh0nzFy-YWda/view?usp=… https://drive.google.com/file/d/1u--blfYu5Iuzpc-qiwCGNq0p6u1DgucR/view?usp=… ps. *I* have no problem spelling Lions' name. A problem *with* the spelling, perhaps.

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seismo/uunet uucp

by Lyndon Nerenberg (VE7TFX/VE6BBM)

Does the source to the Rick Adams version of UUCP still exist anywhere? --lyndon

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Anyone ever heard of teaching a case study of Initial Unix?

by norman＠oclsc.org

Steve Jenkin: I've never heard of a Computer Science or Software Engineering program that included a `case study' component, especially for Software Development & Projects. [...] Creating Unix V6, because it profoundly changed computing & development, would seem an obvious Case Study for many aspects of Software, Coding and Projects. ==== How about the course for which John Lions wrote his famous exegesis of the 6/e kernel? Norman Wilson Toronto ON

2 months, 1 week

"X Window System At 40"

by Alexis

David Rosenthal reflects on his involvement with the development of the X Window System: > Although most of my time was spent developing NeWS, I rapidly > ported X version 10 to the Sun/1, likely the second port to > non-DEC hardware. It worked, but I had to kludge several areas > that depended on DEC-specific hardware. The worst was the > completely DEC-specific keyboard support. > > Because it was clear that a major redesign of X was needed to > make it portable and in particular to make it work well on Sun > hardware, Gosling and I worked with the teams at DEC SRC and WRL > on the design of X version 11. Gosling provided significant > input on the imaging model, and I designed the keyboard > support. As the implementation evolved I maintained the Sun port > and did a lot of testing and bug fixing. All of which led to my > trip to Boston to pull all-nighters at MIT finalizing the > release. > > My involvement continued after the first release. I was the > editor and main author of the X Inter-Client Communications > Conventions Manual (ICCCM) that forms Part III of Robert > Scheifler and Jim Gettys' X Window System. -- https://blog.dshr.org/2024/07/x-window-system-at-40.html Alexis.

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