Fred Brooks

Frederick Phillips "Fred" Brooks Jr.. (1931 - 2022). American computer architect, software engineer, designer, and computer scientist.

Noteworthy

• Managing the development of IBM's System/360 family of computers and the OS/360 software support package.
• National Medal of Technology in 1985.
• Turing Award in 1999.
• Brook's Law.
• Book: The Mythical Man-Month.
• Book: The Design of Design.

Quotations

• Fred_Brooks_quotes

See Also

• https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fred_Brooks
• Fred_Brooks_(EH)
• Brooks_Law_(EH)

Image

Fred Brooks (2007)
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