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There is no single development, in either technology or management technique, which by itself promises even one order-of-magnitude improvement within a decade in productivity, in reliability, in simplicity.
Fred Brooks
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Fred Brooks
Age: 93
Born: 1931
Born: April 19
Computer Scientist
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Durham
North Carolina
Frederick Phillips Brooks
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Frederick P. Brooks Jr.
Frederick Phillips Fred Brooks
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Frederick Phillips
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