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BUSINESS SYSTElVIS
System Development Departmenl
To: Distribution Date: February 12~ 1979"
From: W. C. Lynch !)v. e~' . Location: Palo Alto
Subject: Systems Software secti:U tfe:r::iZatiOn Organization: . SDD/SS
Archive document #: Ogawa archive number
Filed on: [lris] Copies: Archives Heim Heinrich Herold Lazar Liddle
Lynch Miller Szelong Townsend, Weaver , ,Wickham
Cc: Belleville ' Bergsteinsson Bewley Bice Clark DeSantis ;,
Harslem Irby Kennedy Lampson Lauer LeCesne
Linden Reilly, D. Reiley, J. Sonderegger Wallace Wick
, White
Cc: Bishop, P. " Bishop. S.A. Chang Clark Dalal Danielson
Garlick Horsley Jarvis McJones Murray Ng
Ogawa Peterson Redell Rentmeesters Schwam
Iniroduction
As evidenced by the increased headcount in our Operating Plan submission, the planned level of
activities within Systems Software. will increase in 1979 by about 50% over the levels of its
constituant areas during 1978. This increased activity has not fallen evenly across our areas but
rather has been substantially concentrated in the IODU area~ Despite the fine perfonnance
, achieved in the past by the IODU area and its management, it is clearly necessary to divide the
workload in a more managable distribution. I am therefore announcing a minor reorganization of
the Systems Software section so as to cope with this situation.
In ,this new organization all three areas will have increased responsibilities and will require increased
resources. Consistant with our Operating Plan and its task breakdown stnlcture, many of the
groups in Systems Software will be adding new people so as to be able to discharge their
responsibilities.
TIle following sections summarize the changes in, responsibilities.
COlllmunication and I/O Software
Yogen Dalal is assigned as a project leader with responsibility for OIS Communications. Over a
period of time TBl) Yogen's group will also assume responsibility for the FTP and RPCP activities
now handled by Jim White.
Communication and I/O' Software will assume the -responsibility for 1/0 device controllers, 110
microcode, 110 drivers, and the device dependent portion of the Utilities. Pitts Jarvis and John Ng
will report directly to Jim White. Jim will pl~lce major emphasis on t,his activity con~istant with his
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rep 0 nsibilities as the manager of Communication and