some '83 references to boyd
Anne & Lynn Wheeler
I sponsored a Friday's after work at local watering holes. Jim Gray
used to come before he left for Tandem. A frequent place was a deli
that opened up across the street from the main plant site ... they had
an "overflow" room that was normally closed ... but they would open it
for friday's after work and give us half-price on pitchers of Anchor
Steam (and for some reason the door to the overflow room had my name
on it).
Date: 8 November 1983, 17:28:20 PST
To: wheeler
I am trying to set up a meeting for Thursday, December 1 at Santa
Teresa Lab to review VM/DASD strategy. Each of you had indicated an
interest. The time was chosen to be convenient for any Yorktown
people who might be attending the XB/Jupiter strategic design review
on Tuesday and Wednesday, November 29 and 30th.
The purpose of the VM/DASD strategy meeting is to look for ways to
better exploit the DASD technology/VM technology combination over
the next four years. We would hope to achieve some concensus on
hardware and software product directions for the next few years. My
proposal for speakers and agenda is:
8:00 3380/VM Issues..................
8:30 GPD DASD Plan...................
9:00 GPD Cache Plan..................
9:30 GP Processor Performance........
10:00 CMS on VMXB....................
10:30 Discussion.....................
11:30 Wrap Up........................
Date: 11/10/83 07:43:36
From: wheeler
talk is by ret. Col. Boyd. He was a korean war fighter pilot. During
the 60's he went back to school and invented Boyd's law which is used
for both training fighter pilots and designing planes. He also was
head of lightweight fighter R&D for pentagon. He currently is
attempting to re-organize how the pentagon is run and is working with
legislators to pass several bills to that effect.
His talk is on strategy & tactics ... with somewhat a military bent,
but covers non-military situations also. It is extremely interesting
in itself ... but also very useful for anybody in a position of doing
any sort of strategy planning which could include advisory
contingencies.
He has talked twice before at IBM. The information covered is
vast/dense and if you don't have a good background in strategy &
tactics, somewhat over whelming the first time ... characterized as
being much better the next day after allowing for reflection (or mind
boggling).
... snip ...
Date: 11/10/83 07:57:54
From: wheeler
col. boyd talks dec. 1st from 8am to 3pm in sj research auditorium.
... snip ...
Date: 11/10/83 07:48:39
To: wheeler
Tough luck Boyd and the GPD disk cache hoohoo are in conflict.
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Date: 11/23/83 13:38:32
From: wheeler
re: friday; today is virtual friday .... & it has been a long week.
TGIF. A reminder, John Boyd is speaking from 8am to 3pm in the
research auditorium on Dec. 1st.
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Date: 12/02/83 10:49:06
From: wheeler
re: friday; cc: friday; after work at eric's. hopefully the die-hards
have recovered from Boyd's visit. At this moment, reproduction still
hasn't started on the foils. Maybe by tonight.
... snip ...
Date: 12/09/83 12:31:11
From: wheeler
re: friday; cc: friday; little wet today ... everybody recovered from
Boyd's talk and ready for Eric's???
... snip ...
misc. recent posts mentioning Boyd's "To Be or To Do":
http://www.garlic.com/~lynn/2009b.html#25 The recently revealed excesses of John Thain, the former CEO of Merrill Lynch, while the firm was receiving $25 Billion in TARP funds makes me sick
http://www.garlic.com/~lynn/2009h.html#5 mainframe replacement (Z/Journal Does it Again)
http://www.garlic.com/~lynn/2009h.html#71 My Vintage Dream PC
http://www.garlic.com/~lynn/2009o.html#47 U.S. begins inquiry of IBM in mainframe market
http://www.garlic.com/~lynn/2009p.html#34 big iron mainframe vs. x86 servers
http://www.garlic.com/~lynn/2009p.html#60 MasPar compiler and simulator
http://www.garlic.com/~lynn/2009q.html#37 The 50th Anniversary of the Legendary IBM 1401
http://www.garlic.com/~lynn/2009q.html#51 The 50th Anniversary of the Legendary IBM 1401
misc. past posts mentioning Boyd
http://www.garlic.com/~lynn/subboyd.html#boyd1
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