OOPSLA IV: Tuesday

Tuesday began with a telco with a customer and several technical discussions with various people. We then recorded a set of SE Radio interviews (I'll write a separate posting on this at some point). Then in the afternoon there was the panel on the challenges in building ultra-large scale (ULS) systems. The panel wasn't that interesting, because it mainly focused on the social and philosophical aspects. Discussing some of the engineering challenges would have made it more tangible. It was cool to see computer legend Peter G. Neumann. In the evening then there was a session on the GoF which consisted of a memorial of John Vlissides who passed away on 24 November 2005. After that there was a discussion with Erich and Ralph about the future of GoF, specifically the much-rumored 2nd edition. I think it will not appear any time soon, if ever. The day ended with going to the hotel bar with a number of folks. There I met Ward Cunningham who now works for the Eclipse foundation. I tried to convince him of the benefits of MDSD but, I think, didn't really succeed :-)  permalink