[Info-vax] Three boot camp sessions on YouTube

[Simon Clubley]

On 2016-10-09, Stephen Hoffman <seaohveh at hoffmanlabs.invalid> wrote:
> On 2016-10-08 21:31:12 +0000, Simon Clubley said:
>
>> In it, you make reference to a 1988 edition of "Digital's Software 
>> Engineering Manual". Do you know if this one is online please ?
>
> I haven't seen a copy of this book posted online anywhere, though there 
> are copies out in the wild.
>

Thanks Camiel and Stephen for the feedback.

> The 1988 manual is a description of how DEC developed and maintained 
> and tracked software a quarter-century ago, with the related processes 
> and the various DEC standards, and with the various notes conferences 
> and corporate-internal contacts.   It's a good document, from a 
> historical perspective.
>

[snip]
>
> If you're looking for an intro to OpenVMS application development and 
> one that's shorter than reading through the OpenVMS documentation set — 
> which is itself rather dated, unfortunately — then maybe one of Roland 
> Hughes' "The Minimum..." books?
>

I think I'm well past that stage, but thanks. :-)

Seriously however, when I saw the title, I was wondering if this
was some kind of a DEC version of the Mythical Man Month with similar
insights. That would have made it a more interesting read.

Simon.

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