From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.4.4 (2020-01-24) on inbox.vuxu.org X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Status: No, score=-0.8 required=5.0 tests=HEADER_FROM_DIFFERENT_DOMAINS, MAILING_LIST_MULTI autolearn=ham autolearn_force=no version=3.4.4 Received: from minnie.tuhs.org (minnie.tuhs.org [IPv6:2600:3c01:e000:146::1]) by inbox.vuxu.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 1B5B726FF7 for ; Fri, 5 Jul 2024 11:41:49 +0200 (CEST) Received: from minnie.tuhs.org (localhost [IPv6:::1]) by minnie.tuhs.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 2D18843DA2; Fri, 5 Jul 2024 19:41:44 +1000 (AEST) Received: from pasta.tip.net.au (pasta.tip.net.au [203.10.76.2]) by minnie.tuhs.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 8A42043CCF for ; Fri, 5 Jul 2024 19:41:35 +1000 (AEST) Received: from smtpclient.apple (203-7-124-164.dyn.iinet.net.au [203.7.124.164]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher ECDHE-RSA-AES256-GCM-SHA384 (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by mailhost.tip.net.au (Postfix) with ESMTPSA id 4WFpSD3ST4z9R3M; Fri, 5 Jul 2024 19:41:32 +1000 (AEST) Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 Mime-Version: 1.0 (Mac OS X Mail 16.0 \(3774.600.62\)) From: Steve Jenkin In-Reply-To: <7AC009E5-C985-44AD-A55E-E0BFC05CDD31@serissa.com> Date: Fri, 5 Jul 2024 19:41:20 +1000 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Message-Id: References: <93529CA0-7097-443C-999B-384BE6BD5683@canb.auug.org.au> <7AC009E5-C985-44AD-A55E-E0BFC05CDD31@serissa.com> To: TUHS X-Mailer: Apple Mail (2.3774.600.62) Message-ID-Hash: HAHULYAVUA7IIUVC2MUWPRFGLEQT2ASH X-Message-ID-Hash: HAHULYAVUA7IIUVC2MUWPRFGLEQT2ASH X-MailFrom: sjenkin@canb.auug.org.au X-Mailman-Rule-Misses: dmarc-mitigation; no-senders; approved; emergency; loop; banned-address; member-moderation; header-match-tuhs.tuhs.org-0; 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: [TUHS] Re: Anyone ever heard of teaching a case study of Initial Unix? List-Id: The Unix Heritage Society mailing list Archived-At: List-Archive: List-Help: List-Owner: List-Post: List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: Links for those who=E2=80=99ve not read these articles. Open access, = downloadable PDF=E2=80=99s. =3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D Peter J Denning in 2008 wrote about reforming CACM in 1982/83. [ extract = at end ] The space shuttle primary computer system Sept 1984 The TWA reservation system July 1984 =3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D After Editor in Chief of the ACM, in 1993 Denning established "The = Center for the New Engineer" (CNE) Great Principles of Computing, paper Website =3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D Denning, 2008 Another major success was the case studies conducted by Alfred Spector = and David Gifford of MIT,=20 who visited project managers and engineers at major companies and = interviewed them about their projects,=20 producing no-holds-barred pieces.=20 This section was wildly popular among the readers.=20 Unfortunately, the labor-intensive demands of the post got the best of = them after three years, and we were not able to replace them.=20 Also by that time, companies were getting more circumspect about = discussing failures and lessons learned in public forums. =3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D > On 5 Jul 2024, at 09:31, Lawrence Stewart wrote: >=20 > Alright, apologies for being late. >=20 > 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=20 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