User:Zazpot/Robert L. Patrick
Robert L. Patrick was a computer scientist who worked on early operating systems.[1]
Patrick worked as a consultant for Rand from 1959 until about 1992.[2]
Patrick contributed to mainframe operating systems in the series that culminated in the creation of OS/360.[1] The series started in 1956 with the GM-NAA input/output system, progressing through the SHARE Operating System (SOS) (1959), IBSYS (1960), the Direct Couple, and finally OS/360 c.1965-1966.[1]
In 2006, Patrick donated a number of documents to the Computer History Museum.[3]
References
- ^ a b c http://www.softwarepreservation.org/projects/os/dc.html
- ^ Ware, Willis H. (2008). RAND and the information evolution : a history in essays and vignettes. RAND Corporation. ISBN 978-0-8330-4513-3.
Robert L. Patrick has a special place in the history of computing at RAND. At one point, Paul Armer tried to hire him for RAND. Patrick declined saying he wanted to be a consultant but that if it failed, he would join RAND. Armer signed him on as a consultant in 1959, a role he retained for 33 years. He was, so to speak, truly an "outside insider." ... Bob Patrick and Willis Ware lived in different worlds but met frequently to discuss trends and the computing outlook in general. Bob worked in industry and was a RAND consultant one day per week.
- ^ https://computerhistory.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/08/core-2006.pdf