bdf@rex.cs.tulane.edu (Brett Fleisch) (10/17/89)
I am trying to recall the name of the article which includes some observations about the amount of time an OS takes to "mature". A five year rule comes to mind. Barriers to developing the system are discussed, I believe. Can someone recall the reference (which obviously I havent read for over 5 years!)? Brett Fleisch -- Brett D. Fleisch Asst. Prof of Computer Science Tulane University New Orleans, LA 70118
farber@linc.cis.upenn.edu (David Farber) (10/22/89)
I am not sure where the 5 year rule came from but my observationin OS and PL is that ideas take 5 years to become popular, 5 years then to be forgotten and 5 years to be re-invented. Check some old OS ideas if you dont believe me (like multics, SOS etc) David Farber; Prof. of CIS and EE, U of Penn, Philadelphia, PA 19104-6389 Tele: 215-898-9508(off); 215-274-8292 (home); FAX: 215-274-8192; Cellular: 302-740- 1198 "The fundamental principle of science, the definition almost, is this: the sole test of the validity of any idea is experiment." -- R. P. Feynman
krakowia@imag.imag.fr (Sacha Krakowiak) (10/28/89)
A "five-to-seven year rule" is presented, with many examples, in the following paper : H.C. Lauer, Observations on the Development of an Operating System, Proc. 8th SOSP, 14-16 dec 1981, pp.30-36. The paper is based on experience derived from the development of the Pilot operating system at Xerox PARC. -- ______________________________________________________________________________ Sacha Krakowiak, Bull-IMAG 2, r. de Vignate| e-mail : krakowiak@imag.fr ZI de Mayencin, 38610 Gieres, France | tel: +3376517879 fax: +3376547615 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------