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Sys 'em Deve! 0 prile III Divis ian
To: D. Liddle Dat.e: July 20, 1978
From: V.I. C. Lynch Location: Palo Alto
Subject: Status Repurt Organization: SDD/SD/SS
for .July 78
Filed on: [Iri~] July78.Status
Copies: Archives Belleville Bergsteinsson DeSantis Harslem Heinrich
Irby Kennedy Lampson LeCesne Liddle Lynch
Mendelson Metcalfe Reilly, D. Reiley, J. Sonderegaer Szelong
Townsend Wallace Weaver Wick Wickham White
Cc: Bishop Francleen Gifford Horsley Lauer McJones
Purcell Redell
Pilot
The release date for Pilot 2.0 will be set soon.
A memo from Product Software concerrning their needs and expectations concerning
Alto/Pilot is expected soon. It appears now that an Alto/Pilot will be co- released with
Pilot.
Staffing and Equipnlent
Ted Linden has arrived and is working on Common Software.
Forest Howard is expected to join the Pioneer group on August 21.
Pilot ImllleUlentation
Pilot 2.0a and Pilot Lad have been released internally. Pilot status is marc fully reported in
the Oak st.atus reports and in [Iris]
Pilot implemcntaLion is now our !najor activity and will continue to be our lnajor activity
through August.
Our primary scheduling document is a Gantt chart for Oak which is maintained on
[Iris]
Tom H OI'sicy is COIl t in ut ng Lo maintain charts of the directory structure that d cline the
st ruct.ure of each Pilot release, both in lernal and external. These charts will be used for
planni1lg and control purposc~;. Our release cont.rol luelhods and procedures are undergoing
continuing inlpnIV\:IllCnt. The release of Pilot. 1.0d serve to fully exercise these procedures.
July :~(),l ~l7B 2
The development of the D::vc1opment Common SoCt ware is no\v almost complete.
The performance l1lea::,urcmcnt tools were defined by a working group convened by John
\Vcavc!' and arc now in im~Jkmclltation by Paul Ja1ic~; (,,,