27 Nov
2022
27 Nov
'22
12:10 p.m.
We all probably read, and profited from, "The Mythical Man Month".
https://www.nytimes.com/2022/11/23/technology/frederick-p-brooks-jr-dead.ht…
27 Nov
27 Nov
1:46 p.m.
The man who made Research Triangle. When IBM came to throw some money
into computer science research, he told them to give equal shares to
UNC, State, and Duke.
------ Original Message ------
From "John P. Linderman" <jpl.jpl(a)gmail.com>
To "The Eunuchs Hysterical Society" <tuhs(a)tuhs.org>
Date 11/27/2022 7:10:28 AM
Subject [TUHS] Fred Brooks died
We all probably read, and profited from, "The
Mythical Man Month".
https://www.nytimes.com/2022/11/23/technology/frederick-p-brooks-jr-dead.ht…
8:52 p.m.
He was a Unix (and UUCP) fan and also an early Masscomp customer. Let's
say I was a tad in awe when I was answering his questions when he came on
a factory visit. But he was cool when I asked him if I could go back to my
office and get his book so he could sign it. I think he was pleased to see
a then young professional have it in his office.
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On Sun, Nov 27, 2022 at 3:19 PM Dave Horsfall <dave(a)horsfall.org> wrote:
On Sun, 27 Nov 2022, John P. Linderman wrote:
We all probably read, and profited from,
"The Mythical Man Month".
Posted to COFF a week ago, as I didn't think that it was Unix-y...
-- Dave
9 p.m.
I found two typos in the 25th anniversary edition of the book. I used
finger to find his postal address and sent him a letter. He replied with
a nice thank you email. One of them had been in the book since it was
first published!
Clem Cole <clemc(a)ccc.com> wrote:
He was a Unix (and UUCP) fan and also an early
Masscomp customer. Let's
say I was a tad in awe when I was answering his questions when he came on
a factory visit. But he was cool when I asked him if I could go back to my
office and get his book so he could sign it. I think he was pleased to see
a then young professional have it in his office.
ᐧ
On Sun, Nov 27, 2022 at 3:19 PM Dave Horsfall <dave(a)horsfall.org> wrote:
> On Sun, 27 Nov 2022, John P. Linderman wrote:
>
> > We all probably read, and profited from, "The Mythical Man Month".
>
> Posted to COFF a week ago, as I didn't think that it was Unix-y...
>
> -- Dave
>
28 Nov
28 Nov
11:39 a.m.
In 1980 I applied to grad schools, including UNC. I had read "The Mythical
Man-Month" by then, so I was floored one day sitting in my office when the
phone rang and I heard, "This is Fred Brooks." I visited UNC where I saw
the famous row of clocks that Steve Bellovin mentions in his memorial
post. The "System 360 Principles of Operation" remains one of the most
important pieces of writing in computer history, in my opinion, because it
dominated the hardware and established the principle that an architecture
ensures software execution.
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On Sun, Nov 27, 2022 at 4:00 PM <arnold(a)skeeve.com> wrote:
I found two typos in the 25th anniversary edition of
the book. I used
finger to find his postal address and sent him a letter. He replied with
a nice thank you email. One of them had been in the book since it was
first published!
Clem Cole <clemc(a)ccc.com> wrote:
He was a Unix (and UUCP) fan and also an early
Masscomp customer. Let's
say I was a tad in awe when I was answering his questions when he came on
a factory visit. But he was cool when I asked him if I could go back to
my
office and get his book so he could sign it. I
think he was pleased to
see
a then young professional have it in his office.
ᐧ
On Sun, Nov 27, 2022 at 3:19 PM Dave Horsfall <dave(a)horsfall.org> wrote:
> On Sun, 27 Nov 2022, John P. Linderman wrote:
>
> > We all probably read, and profited from, "The Mythical Man Month".
>
> Posted to COFF a week ago, as I didn't think that it was Unix-y...
>
> -- Dave
>
4:42 p.m.
On Nov 28, 2022, at 4:39 AM, Marc Donner
<marc.donner(a)gmail.com> wrote:
In 1980 I applied to grad schools, including UNC. I had read "The Mythical
Man-Month" by then, so I was floored one day sitting in my office when the phone rang
and I heard, "This is Fred Brooks." I visited UNC where I saw the famous row of
clocks that Steve Bellovin mentions in his memorial post.
The only direct interaction I ever had with him, alas, is that he politely declined to
come address the Engineering Problem Solving class I was teaching at Duke's TIP one
summer.
Adam
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