30 May
2011
30 May
'11
2:05 p.m.
On 30 May 2011 at 13:35, Fred Cisin wrote:
On Mon, 30 May 2011, Chuck Guzis wrote:
Back to the "nine women, baby in one month" quip--now that I think of
it, I don't recall who was the first to say it. I know that I heard
it from a number of people prior to 1975, but it's also in Fred
Brooks' "Mythical Man month" book.
Does anyone know the origin of the statement? Brooks' book was
mandatory reading for project managers at CDC in the 70s. Is it
still used at all?
--Chuck
P.S. I believe that Gene Amdahl had something to say about
parallelizing problems...
Eventually, I suspect we'll get to the point
where a chip will be
obsolete by the time the trade rags have gotten aroud to announcing
it.
"To see the current chips, press F5"