HDTenEightyP/NetNews huggingface dataset:
From: mr@delfin.com (Mark Rosenberg)
Subject: TimeBench
Organization: Delfin Systems, Sunnyvale, CA.
X-Newsreader: Tin 1.1 PL4
Date: Tue, 15 Sep 1992 17:59:34 GMT

Some time ago, the anonymous FTP site from which TimeBench can be obtained
was posted to this group. I have unfortunately lost the posting. Can
someone please tell me where I can get this tool? Also, does anyone
outside the University of Carleton have any interesting experience with
this tool?

Thanks.
Newsgroups: comp.software-eng
From: carnahan@possum.den.mmc.com (Rich Carnahan)
Subject: Evolution of prototype code to operational
Keywords: prototype
Organization: Martin Marietta Astronautics, Denver
Distribution: usa
Date: Sat, 12 Sep 1992 01:18:57 GMT

I'm interested in hearing about any serious attempts to move prototype
code to operational code.  In particular, I'd like to hear any trials
and tribulations encountered as well as insight re: evolving process.

Thanks in advance.

Rich

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Newsgroups: comp.software-eng
From: bondp@source.asset.com (C. Paul Bond)
Subject: Re: DOD-STD-2167a
Date: Thu, 10 Sep 1992 20:08:50 GMT
Organization: Asset Source for Software Engineering Technology

There is some 2167a related things available for FTP from the ada-sw
archive on the simtel20 system.  Here is the read.me that descirbe the
contents.

----
PD2:<ADA.DOD-STD-2167A>

	This subdirectory contains documents, DID templates, and tools
which support the development of DoD-STD-2167A (Military Standard
Defense System Software Development) deliverable documents as
specified in the DoD-STD-2167A Data Item Descriptors (DIDs).
----

We also maintain an archive of the simtel20 ada-sw repository.  The
file in our mirror are located at source.asset.com:/pub/ada-sw/dod-st-2167a.
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Newsgroups: comp.software-eng
From: holly@mum.cis.ohio-state.edu (Joe Hollingsworth)
Subject: Z references
Organization: The Ohio State University Dept of Computer & Information Science
Date: Thu, 10 Sep 1992 12:48:10 GMT


I'm in need of references to Z.  I've been writing specifications
in another specification language and would like to take a shot
at re-writing them in Z.  I'm not at all familiar with Z so I would
appreciate references to works that supply examples.

Thanks in advance,

Joe
Newsgroups: comp.software-eng
From: djones@cbnewsg.cb.att.com (david.jones)
Subject: Wanted : Opinions on StP vs TeamWork
Keywords: Teamwork, StP
Organization: AT&T
Date: Tue, 15 Sep 1992 11:25:29 GMT

I am looking for opinions on how Stp (Software thru Pictures)
compares with TeamWork. If you have used/evaluated both side by
side - even better.

If I get enough response I will post a summary.

If you wish your response to be excluded from a posted
summary then please say so.

Many Thanks

- Dave


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From: dixon@sparky.se.hou.compaq.com (Dixon Dick)
Newsgroups: comp.software-eng
Subject: Re: Statistical Process Control (SPC)
Keywords: Statistical Process Control (SPC)
Date: 9 Sep 92 21:48:04 GMT
Organization: Compaq Computer Corporation

In article <1992Sep9.104828.136@vulcan.resmel.bhp.com.au>, biz@n6batws1.itwol.bhp.com.au (Michael Birrell) writes:
|> Gidday,
|> We are looking for a Statistical Process Control Package with the following
|> features
|> 	Unix and X windows based
|> 	Graphical based with the usual goodies
|> 	Charting such as XBAR and Range, XBAR and sigma,
|> 		PCHART, Pareto diagram, scatter plots
|> 	Flat file input
|> 
|> I have seen a product by FoxBoro and wanted to see if there are similar packages
|> available and would appreciate any assistance.
|> 
|> Regards
|> 
|> Mike Birrell

Pls post your findings !

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%  Dixon Chan Dick  (dixon@compaq.com)   	 Compaq Computer Corp.	 %
%									 %
% "All dumb opinions expressed here are mine and not Compaq's etc. etc." %
Newsgroups: comp.software-eng
From: sp_pm@space.alcbel.be (Paul Moore)
Subject: Wanted: Status of software engineering methodologies and tools
Date: Mon, 7 Sep 92 13:07:21 +0200
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Hello,

We are about to start the specification and functional analysis/design 
of a space-oriented real-time communications project.

Can anyone offer advice/comments about:
- methodologies (Yourdon/Ward & Mellor, Hatley & Pirbhai, SADT, HOOD)
- tools (Teamwork, ASA, Verilog)
- software development environments (SunOS-oriented, OOD)
- implementation (ADA, C++, OOP)

Our initial inclinations have been towards either the SADT or Yourdon/Ward
& Mellor methodologies, towards the corresponding ASA or Teamwork tools,
and towards C++. How well does both approaches handle OOD and OOP, such
as for C++?

Please email responses, as I don't get a News feed at this site. 

Thanks for any replies. I'll summarise to the net if interest warrants it.

- Paul

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From: vaheg@woods.ulowell.edu
Newsgroups: comp.software-eng
Subject: Unit step software needed--HHEELLPP!!!
Date: 13 Sep 92 16:26:36 GMT
Organization: University of Lowell

Can someone PPPLLLEEAASSSEE   help me?  I am looking for a program I
can get off the internet that will graph unit step functions.
ie.(  5tu(t-2)u(t-2) )  you know,  that stuff.  Please mail me back if
anyone has some information.  Thanks
-gerry
Newsgroups: comp.software-eng
From: schaefer@bcarh9d.NoSubdomain.NoDomain (Douglas Schaefer)
Subject: Re: DOD-STD-2167a
Organization: BNR
Date: Wed, 9 Sep 92 21:11:22 GMT

In article <23230@hacgate.SCG.HAC.COM>, mark@bart.hac.com (Mark Johnson) writes:
|> I had made a request recently for information about an online copy of
|> DOD-STD-2167a.  As it turns out, I still don't have a copy of the
|> standard.  I received a couple of requests for a copy (if one became
|> available), and I received a suggestion to use archie (which turned up
|> the same DID data I already had).  If anyone has an online copy could you
|> please send it to me (plain ASCII is fine...) to the address listed
|> below.  Thanks.
|> 
|>   --Mark Johnson <MARK@BART.DNET.HAC.COM>

Count me in on this one two.  This kind of information should be freely
available to all electronically.

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From: rds@goanna.cs.rmit.oz.au (Rowan D. Stevens)
Newsgroups: comp.software-eng
Subject: Re: CASE tools for OOADMs
Keywords: CASE OOADM
Date: 15 Sep 92 13:36:49 GMT
Organization: Comp Sci, RMIT, Melbourne, Australia

haasdijk@fwi.uva.nl (Evert Haasdijk) writes:

<<edited>>

>Does anybody know of CASE-tools that support these (or other OO) methods?

Try ``comp.object''.  There are _currently_ postings in that newsgroup that 
summarise CASE environments supporting object-oriented analysis/design/
programming.

Cheers!

--
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RMIT, Dept. Computer Science. GPO BOX 2476V Melbourne VIC 3001. Australia.
Newsgroups: comp.software-eng
From: haasdijk@fwi.uva.nl (Evert Haasdijk)
Subject: CASE tools for OOADMs
Keywords: CASE OOADM
Organization: FWI, University of Amsterdam
Date: Tue, 15 Sep 1992 09:32:39 GMT

Hi, 

I'm about to embark on a project in which we will use parallel C++. For
now it seems that we will use either the OMT (Rumbaugh ea.) or OODA (Booch)
design techniques. 
Does anybody know of CASE-tools that support these (or other OO) methods?
Any help greatly appreciated.

Evert

Evert Haasdijk
Cap Gemini Innovation
PO box 3027
2280 GA Rijswijk
The Netherlands
tel +31 (0)70-3957252
fax +31 (0)70-3957237
email: evert@capints.uucp or haasdijk@fwi.uva.nl
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From: mark@bart.hac.com (Mark Johnson)
Newsgroups: comp.software-eng
Subject: DOD-STD-2167a
Date: 9 Sep 92 14:57:59 GMT
Organization: Hughes Training, Inc.
X-UserAgent: Nuntius v1.1

I had made a request recently for information about an online copy of
DOD-STD-2167a.  As it turns out, I still don't have a copy of the
standard.  I received a couple of requests for a copy (if one became
available), and I received a suggestion to use archie (which turned up
the same DID data I already had).  If anyone has an online copy could you
please send it to me (plain ASCII is fine...) to the address listed
below.  Thanks.

  --Mark Johnson <MARK@BART.DNET.HAC.COM>
Newsgroups: comp.software-eng,tum.info.soft
From: lamberts@Informatik.TU-Muenchen.DE (Stefan Lamberts)
Subject: Summary: Public domain tool for rapid prototyping
Originator: lamberts@sunbode25.informatik.tu-muenchen.de
Organization: Technische Universitaet Muenchen, Germany
Date: Tue, 8 Sep 1992 08:13:49 GMT


Hi,

I was looking for a public domain rapid prototyping tool to build
motif based user interfaces.

I received three answers.

Thank's.

All recomended John Osterhout's TK/TCL system.

It's available via ftp from:

        sprite.berkeley.edu:tcl  (for the base stuff from Osterhout)
        barkley.berkeley.edu:tcl (for packages using TK/TCL)

and 

        coma.cs.tu-berlin.de:pub/tcl

There is a newsgroup called comp.lang.tcl for more information.


Stefan
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From: medley@sun44.synercom.hounix.org (Bert Medley)
Newsgroups: comp.software-eng
Subject: Re: project tracking software
Date: 15 Sep 92 16:39:39 GMT
Organization: Synercom Technology, Inc., Houston, TX

In article <kotula.716489199@milli> kotula@milli.cs.umn.edu (Jeff Kotula) writes:
>
>This is a shot in the dark...  Does anyone know of any freeware for
>project management/tracking?  Preferably with ability to recalculate
>dates automatically.
>
>Thanks in advance.
>

On a related note, does anyone know of project mgmt/tracking software that 
supports user-definable fields?  Freeware, Shareware, or Commercial packages
acceptable [FTP site or company name/address/phone please]  Thanks!

I will summarize and post.

-- 
Bert Medley				medley@synercom.hounix.org 	[work]
					bert@medley.ssdl.com		[home]
Xref: sparky comp.software-eng:3449 comp.lang.c++:13696
From: nmcglynn@buffalo.axion.bt.co.uk (Neil A. McGlynn)
Newsgroups: comp.software-eng,comp.lang.c++
Subject: Metrics For C++
Date: 15 Sep 92 18:04:45 GMT
Reply-To: nmcglynn@axion.bt.co.uk
Organization: British Telecom Labs
Organisation: BT Laboratories, Martlesham Heath, IPSWICH UK

I am about to undertake a piece of work which requires me to identify
metrics for C++. If anyone knows of any work in this field and references
to it, can they e-mail me please.

As well as wanting to know about any published work, if any developers
wish to mail me with their thoughts on metrics for c++ and any ideas as to
what would be useful to measure and why, their comments will be welome.

If I get enough response I post a sumary,

Thanks,

Neil

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From: pje@stan.xx.swin.oz.au (Peter Eden)
Newsgroups: comp.software-eng
Subject: Re: NIAM tool support & vendors
Summary: NIAM Tool
Date: 9 Sep 92 07:58:54 GMT
Organization: Computer Centre, Swinburne University of Tech., Melbourne, Australia.

In article <52800004@hpsgm2.sgp.hp.com>, thwaites@hpsgm2.sgp.hp.com (Damien THWAITES) writes:
> 
>   I am learning about NIAM (Nijssen's Information Analysis Methodology) and
>   would like to know what commercial tools are available that support this
>   schema design language. So far, I have read about a tool called
>   "Conceptual Designer". Does anyone have the name, address & contact number 
>   (phone and fax) for the vendor of this product. Any other names of 
>   products & vendors that support NIAM are most welcome. I will summarize
>   all responses.
> ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Conceptual Designer is sold by ITI (Information Technology International)
Level 1, 303 Coronation Drive, MILTON Qld 4064 Australia.
Ph +61 7 368 4444, Fax +61 7 369 3611
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Also try RIDL* sold by IntelliBase
Plantin en Moretuslei 220 2018 Antwerpen-Belgium
Ph +32 3 235 95 96, Fax +32 3 235 79 55

Peter Eden                                        Phone +61 3 8198402  
Information Systems Department                    Fax   +61 3 8190949
Swinburne University of Technology                Email  pje@stan.xx.swin.oz.au
Hawthorn, Victoria, 3122
AUSTRALIA.
From: csa09@seq1.keele.ac.uk (Paul Singleton)
Newsgroups: comp.software-eng
Subject: Re: Purify
Date: 11 Sep 92 14:01:43 GMT
Organization: University of Keele, England

From article <etxtms.716196562@solsta-c>, by etxtms@solsta.ericsson.se (Thomas Bjork  TX/DKG):

> Purify does two things.
> 
> 1) It traces memory leaks.
> 
> 2) It gives warnings when accessing uninitialized memory.

Sounds great, unless like me you program in a language in which memory
leaks and access to uninitialised memory are impossible ...
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Newsgroups: comp.software-eng

Ravi Kalakota ---------------->
> Questions that are raised are: 
> 
> "how does temperment of the manager affect the programming team?"
> 
> "What composition of technical/temperment components would make a person an
> influential team member?"
> 
> "How does temperment of an individual influence the  software reuse process?"  

Some programming teams work in isolation.  That is, they do not 
collaborate with marketing, documentation, sales, training,
and other groups.  The project manager then becomes an interface to 
the "outside world".  I would personally say that such a manager has to 
be all things to all people.  A very difficult role, especially if the
product is intended to change to meet evolving market needs.

In the teams that I have worked in, that have been successful, this 
isolation is certainly a lot less evident.  Programmers, yes even the 
really nerdy ones, actually talk to, and sometimes work with, customers, 
marketing people, sales people, etc., and the manager is then a team 
player again.  He can concentrate on his true role.  These are also the
teams that make best reuse of sources from other teams.

I am not implying that extroverts are therefore better because they have
better communicative skills.  In fact, I believe a mix of different
traits can provide a healthy team spirit.  Sometimes you need introverts 
to do the thinking, while the extroverts are talking :-).  A key ingredient 
in any team (IMO) is respect for one another, and willingness to 
communicate and collaborate to achieve a common well-defined goal.

--ajp
From: bosea@jasper.cs.orst.edu (Arabinda Bose)
Newsgroups: comp.software-eng
Subject: Info. needed on Jensen and COCOMO model
Date: 5 Sep 92 05:03:29 GMT
Organization: Computer Science Department, Oregon State Univ.
Originator: bosea@jasper.CS.ORST.EDU

Hi netters,
  
   I need some information regarding the difference between Jensen and COCOMO
   model. Could anyone please post a summary of differences between these two
   models ?                          

   Thanks in advance.

   -- Arabinda
From: thwaites@hpsgm2.sgp.hp.com (Damien THWAITES)
Date: Tue, 8 Sep 1992 08:47:18 GMT
Subject: NIAM tool support & vendors
Organization: HP Singapore Notes-Server
Newsgroups: comp.software-eng


  I am learning about NIAM (Nijssen's Information Analysis Methodology) and
  would like to know what commercial tools are available that support this
  schema design language. So far, I have read about a tool called
  "Conceptual Designer". Does anyone have the name, address & contact number 
  (phone and fax) for the vendor of this product. Any other names of 
  products & vendors that support NIAM are most welcome. I will summarize
  all responses.



~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Damien Thwaites                           Tel    : (65) 279-8947
Information Technology Department         Email  : thwaites@hpsgm2.sgp.hp.com
Hewlett-Packard Singapore                 Fax    : (65) 279-2862
1150 Depot Road, SINGAPORE 0410.          HPDesk : Damien Thwaites /HP3200/09
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
From: mframpto@axion.bt.co.uk (Mike Frampton)
Newsgroups: comp.software-eng
Subject: configuration management tools for the mac
Keywords: configuration management macintosh
Date: 8 Sep 92 13:25:44 GMT
Reply-To: mframpto@axion.bt.co.uk (Mike Frampton)
Organization: British Telecom Research Labs



Does anyone know of any configuration management tools that are available for the apple machintosh ? I mean apart from tools running under the A/UX operatinmg system that have presumably been ported from a Unix environment else where. 


cheers  


Mike F
From: kuhn@swe.ncsl.nist.gov (Rick &)
Newsgroups: comp.software-eng
Subject: Re: ISO 9000 Standards
Date: 14 Sep 92 16:14:19 GMT
X-Newsreader: Tin 1.1 PL4

emg@Metaphor.COM (Mike Greenawalt) writes:
: I am sure that I am plowing in an already well-tilled field, and I hope
: someone may be able to point me to an existing repository of information
: on the topic.
: 
: Anyway, my colleagues and I have heard a lot of rumors, a little fact, and
: a lot of fiction about the importance and/or necessity of being ISO 9000
: compliant/certified.  Yet I still cannot honestly say I can judge whether
: or not my company really needs to be concerned.  It has not yet been an issue
: with customers and we do sell in Europe.
: 
: What's the best way to boostrap oneself quickly with the knowledge needed to
: decide what course to take with respect to ISO 9000?
: 

People interested in ISO 9000 standards may want to get a copy of
the NIST publication "Questions and Answers on Quality, the ISO 9000
Standard Series, Quality System Registration, and Related Issues,"
NISTIR 4721.

A variety of other publications are available on technical barriers to
trade, certification programs, international standards and regulations.

U.S. Industry can get help on international standards from:

	Natl. Center for Standards and Certification Information
	NIST
	TRF Bldg. Room A163
	Gaithersburg, MD 20899
	Phone: 301 975 4040
	Fax:   301 926 1559

NIST documents can be ordered from:

	Natl. Technical Information Service
	5285 Prot Royal Rd.
	Springfield VA 22161
	Phone: 703 487 4650
	Fax:   703 321 8547

the ISO 9000 document costs $17.00 from NTIS.  For $5.00 you can get a
copy from

	The Marley Organization
	11 Todds Road
	Ridgefield, Conn.  06877
	Phone: 203 438 3801
			

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Newsgroups: comp.software-eng
From: spiros@turing.toronto.edu (Spiros Mancoridis)
Subject: SDE feedback
Organization: CSRI, University of Toronto
Date: 8 Sep 92 14:58:15 GMT


I would like to thank all those who responded to my request for 
references pertaining to SDEs.  There were several people who also
wanted this information.  Here is a summary of the responses:

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Ben R. Whittle (brw@aberystwyth.ac.uk) suggested his technical report:

"Trends in Structure Oriented Environments", 
UW Aberystwyth Technical Report No UCW-SEG-601-92

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Alan W. Brown (awb@sei.cmu.edu) suggested:

@article{39,
        author =        "A.W. Brown and M.H. Penedo",
        year =          "July 1992",
        publisher =     "ACM",
        pages =         {47--55},
        volume =        17,
        number =        3,
        journal =       "ACM Software Engineering Notes",
        title =         "{An Annotated Bibligraphy on Software Engineering
Environment Integration}"
}

@book{20,
        author =        "A.W. Brown and A.N. Earl and J.A. McDermid",
        year =          "1992",
        publisher =     "McGraw-Hill",
        title =         "{Software Engineering Environments: Automated Support \for Software Engineers}"
}


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Susan A. Dart (sad@SEI.CMU.EDU) wrote:

There are new and interesting environments such as EAST and Entreprise II 
and Hyperweb. These are based on PCTE for tool integration.

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Regards,
Spiros Mancoridis