<html xmlns:v="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:vml" xmlns:o="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:office" xmlns:w="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:word" xmlns:m="http://schemas.microsoft.com/office/2004/12/omml" xmlns="http://www.w3.org/TR/REC-html40"><head><meta http-equiv=Content-Type content="text/html; charset=utf-8"><meta name=Generator content="Microsoft Word 15 (filtered medium)"><style><!--
/* Font Definitions */
@font-face
{font-family:"Cambria Math";
panose-1:2 4 5 3 5 4 6 3 2 4;}
@font-face
{font-family:Calibri;
panose-1:2 15 5 2 2 2 4 3 2 4;}
/* Style Definitions */
p.MsoNormal, li.MsoNormal, div.MsoNormal
{margin:0in;
margin-bottom:.0001pt;
font-size:11.0pt;
font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;}
a:link, span.MsoHyperlink
{mso-style-priority:99;
color:blue;
text-decoration:underline;}
a:visited, span.MsoHyperlinkFollowed
{mso-style-priority:99;
color:purple;
text-decoration:underline;}
p.msonormal0, li.msonormal0, div.msonormal0
{mso-style-name:msonormal;
mso-margin-top-alt:auto;
margin-right:0in;
mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;
margin-left:0in;
font-size:11.0pt;
font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;}
span.EmailStyle19
{mso-style-type:personal-reply;
font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;}
.MsoChpDefault
{mso-style-type:export-only;
font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;}
@page WordSection1
{size:8.5in 11.0in;
margin:1.0in 1.0in 1.0in 1.0in;}
div.WordSection1
{page:WordSection1;}
--></style><!--[if gte mso 9]><xml>
<o:shapedefaults v:ext="edit" spidmax="1026" />
</xml><![endif]--><!--[if gte mso 9]><xml>
<o:shapelayout v:ext="edit">
<o:idmap v:ext="edit" data="1" />
</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body lang=EN-US link=blue vlink=purple><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoNormal>The abomination known as Windows ME?<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><b>From:</b> Ipg-smz <ipg-smz-bounces@netpress.org> <b>On Behalf Of </b>Perlow, Jason<br><b>Sent:</b> Monday, October 15, 2018 12:15 PM<br><b>To:</b> IPG List <ipg-smz@netpress.org><br><b>Subject:</b> [Ipg-smz] Fwd: "Second System and Osborne Effects" gallery<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><div><div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><div><div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:12.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></p><div><p class=MsoNormal>I am working on a companion gallery to an article I just published about Google's Pixel slate and Chrome OS. <o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><a href="https://www.zdnet.com/article/google-grow-up-drop-the-apple-like-arrogance-or-chrome-os-will-fail/">https://www.zdnet.com/article/google-grow-up-drop-the-apple-like-arrogance-or-chrome-os-will-fail/</a><o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal>In it I discuss the "Second System" effect:<o:p></o:p></p><div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:13.5pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:black;background:#EDEDED'>"Second System Effect," by author Fred Brooks in his work <em><a href="https://www.amazon.com/Mythical-Man-Month-Software-Engineering-Anniversary/dp/0201835959/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1539529598&sr=8-1&keywords=the+mythical+man+month" target="_blank">The Mythical Man-Month</a> </em>in 1975, which he notes that small, elegant and successful systems tend to be succeeded by over-engineered and bloated systems due to inflated expectations and overconfidence.</span> <o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal>I also discuss the Obsorne Effect in that article so I am thinking of incorporating that as well.<o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal>Here is a list, I think we can add a few, I'd like your recommendations:<o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal>Second Systems<o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal>1) OS/360, IBM (1964, the original second system, succeeded Series 700)<o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal>2) IBM OS/2 (Succeeded DOS, Windows 3.x)<o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal>3) Windows NT 3.1 (Succeeded OS, Windows 3.x)<o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal>4) Windows Vista (Succeeded Windows XP)<o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal>5) Windows 8/8.1 (Succeeded Windows 7)<o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal>6) BlackBerry OS 10 / BlackBerry Playbook (succeeded Blackberry classic OS)<o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal>7) Palm WebOS (Succeeded classic Palm OS)<o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal>8) Apple System 7 (Replaced Apple System 6 and classic 68000 OS, was ported to PowerPC)<o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal>9) Intel Itanium (Succeeded x86)<o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal>9.5) IBM PowerPC (Succeeded x86)<o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal>10) NeXT (Succeeded Apple Mac)<o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal>11) Lisa (Succeeded Apple II, preceded Mac)<o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal>12) Apple III (Succeeded Apple II)<o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal>13) Commodore Amiga (Succeeded Commodore 64)<o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal>14) Atari ST (Succeeded Atari 800)<o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal>Osbornes<o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal>1) The Original Osborne effect (Osborne 2)<o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal>2) Microsoft "Cairo" (Original Object-Oriented NT 5.0 project, failed)<o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal>3) Taligent OS (failed IBM/Apple Partnership to merge OSes)<o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal>4) SCO/IBM Project Monterey (this might be better on the Second System list)<o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal>5) Google Fuchsia (potential Osborne)<o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><br clear=all><o:p></o:p></p><div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div><p class=MsoNormal>-- <o:p></o:p></p><div><div><div><div><div><div><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#333333'>JASON PERLOW</span></b><o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#333333'>Sr. Technology Editor, ZDNet</span><o:p></o:p></p><table class=MsoNormalTable border=0 cellspacing=0 cellpadding=0 width=650 style='width:487.5pt'><tr><td valign=top style='padding:0in 0in 0in 0in'><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#5F5F5F'>Voice/Text (561)510-0063<br><a href="mailto:jperlow@gmail.com" target="_blank" title="[GMCP] Compose a new mail to jperlow@gmail.com"><span style='color:#333333'>jperlow@gmail.com</span></a><br></span></b><b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#466BB0'>ZDNet Tech Broiler: </span></b><b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#5F5F5F'><a href="http://www.techbroiler.com/" target="_blank"><span style='color:#333333'>www.techbroiler.com</span></a></span></b><span style='font-size:8.5pt;color:#5F5F5F'><br></span><span style='font-size:8.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#466BB0'><br></span><b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#466BB0'>Socialize Me:</span></b><b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#5F5F5F'> </span></b><b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#666666'><a href="http://www.twitter.com/jperlow" target="_blank">Twitter</a> | <a href="http://www.instagram.com/jasonperlow" target="_blank">Instag</a><a href="http://www.instagram.com/jasonperlow" target="_blank">ram</a> | </span></b><b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#5F5F5F'><a href="https://www.facebook.com/techperlow" target="_blank">FaceBook</a></span></b><b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#666666'> | </span></b><b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#5F5F5F'><a href="http://www.linkedin.com/in/jasonperlow" target="_blank">LinkedIn</a></span></b><b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#666666'> | </span></b><b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#5F5F5F'><a href="https://plus.google.com/101127849472046131831" target="_blank">Google+</a></span></b><b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#666666'> | </span></b><span style='font-size:8.5pt;color:#5F5F5F'><o:p></o:p></span></p></td></tr></table><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div><p class=MsoNormal><br clear=all><o:p></o:p></p><div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div><p class=MsoNormal>-- <o:p></o:p></p><div><div><div><div><div><div><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#333333'>JASON PERLOW</span></b><o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#333333'>Sr. Technology Editor, ZDNet</span><o:p></o:p></p><table class=MsoNormalTable border=0 cellspacing=0 cellpadding=0 width=650 style='width:487.5pt'><tr><td valign=top style='padding:0in 0in 0in 0in'><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#5F5F5F'>Voice/Text (561)510-0063<br><a href="mailto:jperlow@gmail.com" target="_blank" title="[GMCP] Compose a new mail to jperlow@gmail.com"><span style='color:#333333'>jperlow@gmail.com</span></a><br></span></b><b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#466BB0'>ZDNet Tech Broiler: </span></b><b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#5F5F5F'><a href="http://www.techbroiler.com/" target="_blank"><span style='color:#333333'>www.techbroiler.com</span></a></span></b><span style='font-size:8.5pt;color:#5F5F5F'><br></span><span style='font-size:8.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#466BB0'><br></span><b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#466BB0'>Socialize Me:</span></b><b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#5F5F5F'> </span></b><b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#666666'><a href="http://www.twitter.com/jperlow" target="_blank">Twitter</a> | <a href="http://www.instagram.com/jasonperlow" target="_blank">Instag</a><a href="http://www.instagram.com/jasonperlow" target="_blank">ram</a> | </span></b><b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#5F5F5F'><a href="https://www.facebook.com/techperlow" target="_blank">FaceBook</a></span></b><b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#666666'> | </span></b><b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#5F5F5F'><a href="http://www.linkedin.com/in/jasonperlow" target="_blank">LinkedIn</a></span></b><b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#666666'> | </span></b><b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#5F5F5F'><a href="https://plus.google.com/101127849472046131831" target="_blank">Google+</a></span></b><b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#666666'> | </span></b><span style='font-size:8.5pt;color:#5F5F5F'><o:p></o:p></span></p></td></tr></table><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></body></html>