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From: chdana@wildcat (Charles Dana)
Newsgroups: comp.org.usenix
Subject: Re: Software data on Apollo space program
Message-ID: <26acecc8.60b4@petunia.CalPoly.EDU>
Date: 25 Jul 90 00:50:16 GMT
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Reply-To: chdana@wildcat.UUCP (Charles Dana)
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Dominic Dunlop writes:

>
>In article Mike <9778@hubcap.clemson.edu> (System Janitor) writes:
>>Who has last winter's USENIX procedings? A NASA bigwig was the keynote
>>speaker there, and he had lots to say on the subject [of the software used
>>on the Apollo space program].
>
>Too true.  Entertaining, as well, although the material gave the impression
>of having been trotted out in front of many audiences before it reached the
>assembled hackers of USENIX.  The speaker was Jim Tomayko, Software
>Engineering Institute, CMU.

Find your nearest ACM chapter (normal or student) and talk them into
inviting Tomayko to talk.  He is a ACM National Lecturer (meaning he has
volunteered to give talks to ACM chapters and Special Interest Groups,
with ACM helping to support the travel expenses).  He talked here at Cal
Poly a couple of years ago and was excellent.  He has several prepared
talks that are given to the chapters and I suspect that the keynote
address was adapted from one of those.

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