[TUHS] Anyone have a connection to Tom DeMarco?

[Arnold Robbins via TUHS]

According to www.tomdemarco.com:

	He lives with his wife, Sally Smyth, in Camden on the coast of Maine.

Phone book searching may turn up a phone number or a postal address.

There is no "contact" option on that web page.

Good luck,

Arnold

"G. Branden Robinson via TUHS" <tuhs at tuhs.org> wrote:

> Hi folks,
>
> I know he's not really a Unix personage, but since I'm a whippersnapper
> I know no better place to turn--and my purpose _is_ Unix- related, if
> troff counts as such.
>
> I was perusing Tom DeMarco's _Structured Analysis and System
> Specification_ (1979) (foreword: P. J. Plauger) and noticed that, while
> lacking a colophon acknowledging its means of production, it looks for
> all the world as if it had been typeset with troff.
>
> Here are the questions I would have for Mr. DeMarco.
>
> 1.  Am I right?  Was troff used in its production?
>
> 2.  The book has been out of print for many years.  Have its rights
>     reverted to the author as is common (but not quite universal) in
>     publishing contracts?
>
> 3.  If so, do you still have the troff input files used to prepare it?
>
> 4.  If so, would you be willing to license these files to the community
>     under FLOSS terms[1]?
>
> If someone can pass along these questions or put me in touch with Mr.
> DeMarco, I'd be grateful.
>
> Also, if someone could pop a copy of this book into a DeLorean traveling
> at 88mph and send it back in time to me at the start of my career with a
> note ("postpone Fred Brooks and read this first"), the younger me will
> put a few hundred USD into a Vanguard-managed index fund in your name.
>
> Every software engineer who winds up in a consulting gig should be
> gifted with a waiter's cloche and a wooden spoon.
>
> They'll figure out what they're for.
>
> Regards,
> Branden
>
> [1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Free_and_open-source_software