Frederick Phillips Brooks, Jr.

By admin , 21 December 2015
Frederick
Phillips
Brooks, Jr.
Male
Description

Manager of the development of OS/360, Brooks was also known for writing candidly about the process in his seminal book *The Mythical Man-Month*. "It is a very humbling experience to make a multi-million-dollar mistake, but it is also very memorable." Brooks received the Turing Award in 1999 and many other awards.

IBM
Managing the development of OS/360 (first the compatible family hardware and then the OS)
Date of Birth
1931-04-19
Date of Death
2022-11-17
Frederick Phillips Brooks, Jr.

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