From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.4.4 (2020-01-24) on inbox.vuxu.org X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Status: No, score=-1.0 required=5.0 tests=MAILING_LIST_MULTI autolearn=ham autolearn_force=no version=3.4.4 Received: (qmail 14409 invoked from network); 20 Nov 2022 20:23:08 -0000 Received: from minnie.tuhs.org (50.116.15.146) by inbox.vuxu.org with ESMTPUTF8; 20 Nov 2022 20:23:08 -0000 Received: from minnie.tuhs.org (localhost [IPv6:::1]) by minnie.tuhs.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 4507240ED7; Mon, 21 Nov 2022 06:23:07 +1000 (AEST) Received: from nsstlmta34p.bpe.bigpond.com (nsstlmta34p.bpe.bigpond.com [203.38.21.34]) by minnie.tuhs.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 6059E4012E for ; Mon, 21 Nov 2022 06:23:01 +1000 (AEST) Received: from smtp.telstra.com ([10.10.24.4]) by nsstlfep34p-svc.bpe.nexus.telstra.com.au with ESMTP id <20221120202258.KLS6133.nsstlfep34p-svc.bpe.nexus.telstra.com.au@smtp.telstra.com> for ; Mon, 21 Nov 2022 07:22:58 +1100 X-RG-Spam: Unknown X-RazorGate-Vade: gggruggvucftvghtrhhoucdtuddrgedvgedrheeggdduudefucetufdoteggodetrfdotffvucfrrhhofhhilhgvmecuuffpveftpgfvgffnuffvtfetpdfqfgfvnecuuegrihhlohhuthemucegtddtnecunecujfgurhepfffhvffujgfkfhgfgggtsehttddttddtredvnecuhfhrohhmpeffrghvvgcujfhorhhsfhgrlhhluceouggrvhgvsehhohhrshhfrghllhdrohhrgheqnecuggftrfgrthhtvghrnheptdekjedtfffgjeeuleegjefgveegudfhhfeghfduvdehvdekgefhgfeiudejjeffnecuffhomhgrihhnpeifihhkihhpvgguihgrrdhorhhgnecukfhppeduuddtrddugedurdduleefrddvfeefnecuvehluhhsthgvrhfuihiivgeptdenucfrrghrrghmpehhvghloheprghnvghurhhinhdrhhhorhhsfhgrlhhlrdhorhhgpdhinhgvthepuddutddrudeguddrudelfedrvdeffedpmhgrihhlfhhrohhmpegurghvvgeshhhorhhsfhgrlhhlrdhorhhgpdhnsggprhgtphhtthhopedupdhrtghpthhtoheptghofhhfsehtuhhhshdrohhrghdprhgvvhfkrfeptghpvgdquddutddqudeguddqudelfedqvdeffedrnhhsfidrrghsphdrthgvlhhsthhrrgdrnhgvthdpghgvohfkrfeptegfpdfovfetjfhoshhtpehnshhsthhlrhhguddvphdqshhvtg X-RazorGate-Vade-Verdict: clean 0 X-RazorGate-Vade-Classification: clean X-RG-VS-CLASS: clean Received: from aneurin.horsfall.org (110.141.193.233) by smtp.telstra.com (5.8.812) id 637889040043662F for coff@tuhs.org; Mon, 21 Nov 2022 07:22:57 +1100 Received: from aneurin.horsfall.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by aneurin.horsfall.org (8.15.2/8.15.2) with ESMTP id 2AKKMt8H020833 for ; Mon, 21 Nov 2022 07:22:55 +1100 (EST) (envelope-from dave@horsfall.org) Received: from localhost (dave@localhost) by aneurin.horsfall.org (8.15.2/8.15.2/Submit) with ESMTP id 2AKKMsqH020830 for ; Mon, 21 Nov 2022 07:22:55 +1100 (EST) (envelope-from dave@horsfall.org) X-Authentication-Warning: aneurin.horsfall.org: dave owned process doing -bs Date: Mon, 21 Nov 2022 07:22:54 +1100 (EST) From: Dave Horsfall To: Computer Old Farts Followers In-Reply-To: Message-ID: References: User-Agent: Alpine 2.21.9999 (BSF 287 2018-06-16) X-GPG-Public-Key: http://www.horsfall.org/gpgkey.pub X-GPG-Fingerprint: 05B4 FFBC 0218 B438 66E0 587B EF46 7357 EF5E F58B X-Home-Page: http://www.horsfall.org/ X-Witty-Saying: "chmod 666 the_mode_of_the_beast" MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Message-ID-Hash: ENB7B2LB32ZYRPMIYCJ5FCLM5PL2GSL7 X-Message-ID-Hash: ENB7B2LB32ZYRPMIYCJ5FCLM5PL2GSL7 X-MailFrom: dave@horsfall.org X-Mailman-Rule-Misses: dmarc-mitigation; no-senders; approved; emergency; loop; banned-address; member-moderation; nonmember-moderation; administrivia; implicit-dest; max-recipients; max-size; news-moderation; no-subject; digests; suspicious-header X-Mailman-Version: 3.3.6b1 Precedence: list Subject: [COFF] Re: RIP Fred Brooks List-Id: Computer Old Farts Forum Archived-At: List-Archive: List-Help: List-Owner: List-Post: List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: On Mon, 21 Nov 2022, Peter Jeremy via COFF wrote: > Since I haven't seen it mentioned here: According to various sources, > Fred Brooks passed away on 17th November - see > https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fred_Brooks His "The Mythical Man-Month" is well worth reading (if you can ignore the many religious references); he was famous for many quotes, such as "it takes nine months to make a baby, no matter how many women are assigned to the task" etc. -- Dave