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- Path: sparky!uunet!timbuk.cray.com!hemlock.cray.com!bgm
- From: bgm@cray.com (Bert Moshier)
- Subject: Re: IBM_TODO.LST
- Message-ID: <1992Sep10.163747.24421@hemlock.cray.com>
- Lines: 64
- Organization: Cray Research, Inc.
- References: <Uefb=af0BwwwQ0uC9I@transarc.com>
- Date: 10 Sep 92 16:37:47 CDT
-
- In article <Uefb=af0BwwwQ0uC9I@transarc.com> Lucian_Dancanet@transarc.com writes:
- >
- >
- >Is anyone keeping a list of things IBM should do for OS/2?
- >
- >If not, such a list should be an appendix to the FAQ, and
- >should provide the following info:
- >
- > e.g.
- >Number and short name 1. Non-interactive shutdown
- >Description ....
- >Importance/Urgency Normal
- >IBM's position Unknown
- >
- >The list should be ordered by component (desktop, compiler, TCP/IP, etc.).
- >The importance of the proposed change or addition should be decided by the
- >net, something between very important/high priority and less important/low
- >priority.
- >
- >IBM's position (e.g., in the works with estimated release date, considering,
- >not considering, and not implementable) should be added to the list as soon
- >as someone from IBM comments to that particular proposal.
- >
- >This list should reduce the traffic on the various OS/2 bboards (one should
- >read the FAQ *and* the IBM_TODO.LST before posting), and would help IBM
- >make and us get a better system.
- >
- >Comments welcome
- >
- >Lucian
-
- Lucian:
-
- In principle I really LOVE this idea! It will greatly assist IBM in setting
- its priorities and business case justifications. It is the implementation that
- we *all* need to discuss and agree to use.
-
- There are many of us and we (each) have different needs, experiences, and
- outlooks. To this end a "cooked" list is what IBM needs. The question
- becomes how do we create an official cooked list for IBM?
-
- One possible method is to look at other groups, which present "cooked"
- requirements lists to IBM. Examples of these groups are Guide, Share,
- and their international counterparts.
-
- We don't have to use, nor would we want to use, their methods. Where they
- get together in meetings to discuss and write requirements, we can use email.
- Where only representatives can go to their meetings, everyone can participate.
- Of course, we will run into different and similar problems from these groups.
- We can, though, learn from them so we don't take time "reinventing the wheel."
-
- IBM helps these other groups create their "cooked" requirements list by
- providing resources. They refuse to do the work, though.
-
- IMHO, another
- conference will be necessary to discuss these requirements (an example is
- comp.os.os2.requirements (c.o.o.r). A group will have to monitor the
- conference and create ballots. People will vote on the requirements. If
- the requirement passes, it get put on the list. If it fails it either
- dies or goes back to discussions.
-
- Bert Moshier
-
- IMHO, everyone should read OS/2 Monthly Magazine!
-