From: arnold@skeeve.com
To: dave@horsfall.org, clemc@ccc.com
Cc: tuhs@tuhs.org
Subject: [TUHS] Re: Fred Brooks died
Date: Sun, 27 Nov 2022 14:00:00 -0700 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <202211272100.2ARL00ua032601@freefriends.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <CAC20D2OW8pDbFaLmpFRjs_FwK_7FQsSkHv6fw+7oanpZ4TPc+Q@mail.gmail.com>
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@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@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
> >
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2022-11-27 21:00 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 8+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2022-11-27 12:10 [TUHS] " John P. Linderman
2022-11-27 13:46 ` [TUHS] " Ron Natalie
2022-11-27 20:19 ` Dave Horsfall
2022-11-27 20:52 ` Clem Cole
2022-11-27 21:00 ` arnold [this message]
2022-11-28 11:39 ` Marc Donner
2022-11-28 16:42 ` Adam Thornton
2022-11-27 20:32 Norman Wilson
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