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Frederick P. Brooks
(1931 - )
American computer scientist who, while working for IBM (1956-1965), developed the Stretch and Harvest computers, followed by managing the development of the company's System/360 family of computers. This work earned him the award of a National Medal of Technology.
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Science Quotes by Frederick P. Brooks (2)
The bearing of a child takes nine months, no matter how many women are assigned.
(Referring to adding manpower to a software project.)
(Referring to adding manpower to a software project.)
— Frederick P. Brooks
The Mythical Man-Month,' Datamation, Dec 1974. In Fred R. Shapiro, The Yale Book of Quotations (2006), 105.
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[Brook's Law:] Adding manpower to a late software project makes it later.
— Frederick P. Brooks
The Mythical Man-Month,' Datamation, Dec 1974. In Fred R. Shapiro, The Yale Book of Quotations (2006), 105.
See also: | Software (5)
