The following message is a courtesy copy of an article that has been posted to bit.listserv.ibm-main,alt.folklore.computers as well.
Anne & Lynn Wheeler <[email protected]> writes: > but that wasn't the refrain during the future system period in the 90s > ... FS was going to be as different from s/360 ... and s/360 had been > from what had gone before. misc. past posts mentioning future system > effort: > http://www.garlic.com/~lynn/submain.html#futuresys re: http://www.garlic.com/~lynn/2009s.html#60 360 programs on a z/10 during future system years ... I would sometimes draw parallels between FS effort and a cult film that had been playing down in central sq. for several years. later when I sponsored Boyd's briefings at IBM ... Boyd would tell this story about reviewing the specs on the airforce air-to-air missile that would be used in vietnam ... which seemed to carry some fantasy aspect ... similar to some of others comments about FS http://www.jfsowa.com/computer/memo125.htm partial retelling of the (vietnam airforce air-to-air missile) story: http://www.garlic.com/~lynn/2008c.html#52 Current Officers which also had more than a little "fantasy" aspect to it. other recent reference to Boyd: http://www.garlic.com/~lynn/2009r.html#50 "Portable" data centers past posts mentioning Boyd http://www.garlic.com/~lynn/subboyd.html#boyd1 misc. URLs from around the web mentioning Boyd (&/or his OODA-loops): http://www.garlic.com/~lynn/subboyd.html#boyd2 -- 40+yrs virtualization experience (since Jan68), online at home since Mar1970 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [email protected] with the message: GET IBM-MAIN INFO Search the archives at http://bama.ua.edu/archives/ibm-main.html
