| July 20, 1999 | 04 00069 61 99072002 |
Mr. Morris E. Jones
Director of Architecture
Intel Corporation
350 East Plumeria; Mail Stop CHP02-1
San Jose, CA 95124
| Subject: | NSF Proposal #9961176 |
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Palanza's questions on Com Metrics |
Dear Morris,
Dan Palanza submitted questions on July 19, about the efficacy of Communciation Metrics which support your assessment, and initial comments from Tom and Keith.
I've taken a stab at addressing his concerns. Experience shows that, absent force of arms, hierarchy, law, contract, religion, people hold to feelings, regardless of evidence. Dan has a clear feeling that is hard to overcome by the record. This may end our NSF effort.
Feel free to stand down on seeking support for Communication Metrics at Intel, which we discussed on July 18. I appreciate what you have done in expending personal capital on an initiative that seems to lack substance. It has been difficult and taken up valuable time struggling with SDS links. What is a big benefit in creating and using the record, is not being percived readily enough, as delivering the light of intelligence, i.e., self-evident benefits. Not sure where to take it from here.
Thanks very much for your personal support.
Sincerely,
THE WELCH COMPANY
Rod Welch