Re: Mainframe Hall of Fame: Three New Members Added

2009-09-17 Thread Jan Vanbrabant
I second Walt's nomination ! Can I nominate Walt Farrell for the next induction? -- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to lists...@bama.ua.edu with the message: GET IBM-MAIN INFO

Re: Mainframe Hall of Fame: Three New Members Added

2009-09-17 Thread Anne Lynn Wheeler
crashlu...@gmail.com (Chris Craddock) writes: Coyote something. That was the original postal area name. For some reason I guess it was considered un-pc at the time. re: http://www.garlic.com/~lynn/2009n.html#15 Mainframe Hall of Fame: Three New Members Added closet post office; (also

Re: Mainframe Hall of Fame: Three New Members Added

2009-09-17 Thread William H. Blair
Timothy Sipples suggests: How about Gerrit Blaauw? I second that. The descriptions on that list are, at best, amusing. For example, it identifies Gene Amdahl as the chief architect of the System/360, which was definitely not the case. That honor belongs to Gerrit A. Blaauw. In

Re: Mainframe Hall of Fame: Three New Members Added

2009-09-17 Thread Chris Craddock
On Thu, Sep 17, 2009 at 6:38 AM, Anne Lynn Wheeler l...@garlic.comwrote: crashlu...@gmail.com (Chris Craddock) writes: Coyote something. That was the original postal area name. For some reason I guess it was considered un-pc at the time. closet post office; (also) the range of hills

Re: Mainframe Hall of Fame: Three New Members Added

2009-09-17 Thread Anne Lynn Wheeler
mike.my...@pcmh.com (Mike Myers) writes: I recall it being called Coyote Canyon on one of my trips out there. re: http://www.garlic.com/~lynn/2009n.html#15 Mainframe Hall of Fame: Three New Members Added http://www.garlic.com/~lynn/2009n.html#16 Mainframe Hall of Fame: Three New Members Added

Re: Mainframe Hall of Fame: Three New Members Added

2009-09-17 Thread Ed Finnell
In a message dated 9/17/2009 1:21:00 P.M. Central Daylight Time, crashlu...@gmail.com writes: So do I get half a gold star? Maybe a big clap! Anyway, hard to talk about 360 without mentioning Fred Brooks-mythically speaking of course. _http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fred_Brooks_

Mainframe Hall of Fame: Three New Members Added

2009-09-16 Thread Joel Wolpert
Tom Beretvas became IBM's first MVS performance manager in 1971. He also became chairman of the Data Storage Architecture Board which designed the blueprint for what later became DFSMS. Bob Evans had the overall management responsibility for development of the System/360 mainframe in the

Re: Mainframe Hall of Fame: Three New Members Added

2009-09-16 Thread Doc Farmer
Can I nominate Walt Farrell for the next induction? -- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to lists...@bama.ua.edu with the message: GET IBM-MAIN INFO Search the archives at

Re: Mainframe Hall of Fame: Three New Members Added

2009-09-16 Thread Hal Merritt
I'll second that notion! -Original Message- From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [mailto:ibm-m...@bama.ua.edu] On Behalf Of Doc Farmer Sent: Wednesday, September 16, 2009 2:14 PM To: IBM-MAIN@bama.ua.edu Subject: Re: Mainframe Hall of Fame: Three New Members Added Can I nominate Walt

Re: Mainframe Hall of Fame: Three New Members Added

2009-09-16 Thread Bob Shannon
He also became chairman of the Data Storage Architecture Board which designed the blueprint for what later became DFSMS. But IIRC, the primary designer was Jack Gelb with assistance from Ed Duray. Bob Shannon Rocket Software

Re: Mainframe Hall of Fame: Three New Members Added

2009-09-16 Thread Rick Fochtman
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Re: Mainframe Hall of Fame: Three New Members Added

2009-09-16 Thread Anne Lynn Wheeler
bshan...@rocketsoftware.com (Bob Shannon) writes: But IIRC, the primary designer was Jack Gelb with assistance from Ed Duray. ... from long ago and far away, kick-off DSAB ... (one of your referenced names with email address at STLVM23 was listed in cc list): Date: 1 July 1985, 13:28:50 EDT

Re: Mainframe Hall of Fame: Three New Members Added

2009-09-16 Thread Chris Craddock
trivia question: what was going to be the original name for STL??? ... it was changed at the last minute, a week before it was due to open Coyote something. That was the original postal area name. For some reason I guess it was considered un-pc at the time. -- This email might be from

Re: Mainframe Hall of Fame: Three New Members Added

2009-09-16 Thread Timothy Sipples
How about Gerrit Blaauw? - - - - - Timothy Sipples IBM Consulting Enterprise Software Architect Based in Tokyo, Serving IBM Japan / Asia-Pacific E-Mail: timothy.sipp...@us.ibm.com -- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive