Frederick Phillips Brooks, Jr.

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(b.) April 19, 1931 — (d.) November 17, 2022

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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.

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Noted For: Managing the development of OS/360 (first the compatible family hardware and then the OS)
Category: Computer Scientist - Software/Mathematics
Affiliation: IBM
Gender: Male

Citations:

Courtesy of University of North Carolina Computer Science

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