CONTACTS 
0201 - SRI International                                                                                                                                                  O-00000103 0701
020101 - Mr. Pat Lincoln; 650 859 5454                                                                                                                                    O-00000103 0701

SUBJECTS
Planning; Alliances
Knowledge Management Development Based on SDS
SRI DKR Project, 000503
SDS Project with SRI for KM
Welch, SRI Project for SDS
Collaboration Hope Solves Information Overload to Avoid Bumbling
Bumbling Solution Needed for Information Overload
Collaboration Needs Shared Meaning
Imploding Management, Fewer People Chasing More Information Reenginee
Collaborate What Happened Objectives Metrics Follow Up
Communication Email Meetings Information Overload
SRI, DKR, Other, Pat Lincoln
Business Plan Comments Pat Lincoln at SRI
SDS Business Plan Comments
Meetings Assess SDS to Improve SRI Management
Management SRI Wants to Improve SRI Wants to Develop KM Internally

2318 -
2318 -    ..
2319 - Summary/Objective
2320 -
232001 - Follow up ref SDS 49 0000, ref SDS 45 0000.
232002 -
232003 - Pat related new initiatives at SRI that can benefit from Knowledge
232004 - Management.  He will provide comments on the preliminary business
232005 - plan, and he will arrange for meetings with people at SRI to assess
232006 - SDS.
232007 -
232008 -     [On 000929 called Doug Engelbart. ref SDS 61 0001
232010 -      ..
232011 -     [On 000929 called Pat. ref SDS 62 0001
232013 -      ..
232014 -     [On 001002 sent letter to Pat on this. ref SDS 63 0001
232016 -      ..
232017 -     [On 001018 report that SRI decided against working with SDS in
232018 -     order to concentrate on open source development of OHS/DKR to
232019 -     implement SDS capabilities. ref SDS 66 5Y4L
232020 -
232021 -
232023 -  ..
2321 -
2322 -
2323 - Progress
2324 -
232401 - Opportunity Commercial Development Core Engine Knowledge Management
232402 -
232403 - Follow up ref SDS 49 0050, ref SDS 43 0050.
232404 -
232405 - We reviewed issues from the meeting on 000725 setting out that SDS is
232406 - a unique, and powerful solution for Knowledge Management. ref SDS 49
232407 - QH6G, followed up by Pat's letter on 000727 concerning open source.
232408 - ref SDS 51 0001
232410 -  ..
232411 - Pat will provide feedback on preliminary business plan discussed on
232412 - 000725, ref SDS 49 5722, submitted on 000804. ref SDS 55 0001
232413 -
232414 -     [On 001017 preliminary comments from Pat. ref SDS 64 OL9N
232416 -  ..
232417 - Pat will schedule meetings to explain SDS at SRI on following new
232418 - initiatives....
232419 -
232420 -     [On 001017 not enough time to schedule a meeting. ref SDS 64 MJ6F
232421 -
232422 -     [On 001220 Pat introduced Vicky Stavridou at a reception for Doug
232423 -     Engelbart. ref SDS 70 EL3O
232425 -      ..
232426 -     [On 001221 Pat facilitated following up to meet with Vicky.
232427 -     ref SDS 71 0001
232429 -      ..
232430 -     [On 010104 meeting scheduled for 010109. ref SDS 73 0001
232432 -      ..
232433 -     [On 001018 report that SRI decided against working with SDS in
232434 -     order to concentrate on open source development of OHS/DKR to
232435 -     implement SDS capabilities. ref SDS 66 5Y4L
232437 -  ..
232438 - Per below, we will develop support for meeting with Doug. ref SDS 0
232439 - 1056
232440 -
232442 -  ..
232443 - Management Improvement on Collaboration Fits SDS Capability
232444 -
232445 - Pat advised that SRI's CEO, Curt Carlson, has launched a major effort
232446 - to improve collaboration for SRI's internal management, which SDS
232447 - supports by building and maintaining shared meaning over time, per the
232448 - meeting on 000725. ref SDS 49 0008  A new group has spun off from
232449 - Pat's department to develop collaboration support. It has a name like
232450 - "Cybernetic Habitats" and follows the model Doug has discussed using
232451 - network improvement communities "NIC."
232452 -
232453 -         [On 001017 not enough time to schedule a meeting. ref SDS 64
232454 -         MJ6F
232456 -          ..
232457 -         [On 001018 report that SRI decided against working with SDS in
232458 -         order to concentrate on open source development of OHS/DKR to
232459 -         implement SDS capabilities. ref SDS 66 5Y4L
232461 -          ..
232462 -         [On 001220 Pat introduced Vicky who is working on this.
232463 -         ref SDS 70 EL3O
232465 -          ..
232466 -         [On 001222 Vicky wants to meet next year. ref SDS 72 MJ6F
232468 -          ..
232469 -         [On 010122 meeting with Curt and Pat. ref SDS 74 0001
232471 -      ..
232472 -     This initiative reflects demand to solve information overload that
232473 -     makes communication the biggest risk in enterprise, discussed with
232474 -     Pat on 000725, ref SDS 49 1581, and in the NWO... paper.
232475 -     ref OF 2 8303
232477 -      ..
232478 -     It is the core problem that Doug Engelbart seeks to solve with the
232479 -     DKR project to improve competency for solving complex problems.
232480 -
232481 -         [On 001025 Paul Fernhout feels market forces gathering to
232482 -         promote KM. ref SDS 67 02TX
232483 -
232484 -         [On 001114 Doug awarded National Medal of Honor for work on
232485 -         this challenge. ref SDS 68 SU3L
232487 -      ..
232488 -     On 960910 executives do not have to think, ref SDS 8 3479, which
232489 -     creates demand for better collaboration, hoping this will improve
232490 -     thinking.  Since collaboration does not improve thinking, SDS may
232491 -     be a good solution because it improves the ability to think,
232492 -     remember and communicate, per POIMS. ref OF 1 3742
232493 -
232494 -
232496 -  ..
232497 - Education Initiative Fits Communication Metrics Goals
232498 -
232499 - SRI has also begun to emphasize support for education, sounded like
232500 - focus is on the grade school level.  Pat recalled that SDS enhances
232501 - alphabet technology, discussed in our meeting on 000725, ref SDS 49
232502 - 0008, which, in turn, improves education. ref SDS 49 AH5K
232503 -
232504 -     [...below, review need for university course on Com Metrics.
232505 -     ref SDS 0 R62W
232507 -      ..
232508 -     [On 001220 suggested sholarship competition for best essay on
232509 -     future of PC, based on history of PC, citing Doug's work.
232510 -     ref SDS 70 KI6O
232512 -      ..
232513 -     [On 010104 plan meeting for 010109 to discuss. ref SDS 73 TR3O
232515 -      ..
232516 -     [On 010614 review SDS advantages for improving education.
232517 -     ref SDS 77 HD6O
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232519 -
232520 -
232521 -
2326 -

SUBJECTS
Management Cannot Make Assignments
Ownership Open Source
DKR Supported SDS Project
DKR Welch, SRI Project for SDS
SRI Prefers to Develop Capability Internally
SRI Developing KM Internally
KM Difficult to Understand
SRI Wants to Develop KM Internally
SRI Expects Develop SDS Capability within a Year

4311 -
431201 -  ..
431202 - Knowledge Management Difficult to Understand, Requires Breakthrough
431203 - Focus, Responsibility Essential for Creating Knowledge Management
431204 - Open Source Develops Implementation for DKR, Solving World Problems
431205 -
431206 - Follow up ref SDS 49 1056, ref SDS 43 1056.
431207 -
431208 - Pat feels Doug is strongly focused on developing an open source
431209 - version of SDS, and has indicated it can be accomplished in a year.
431211 -  ..
431212 - This aligns with Eric Armstrong's report on 000824 that on 000822 Doug
431213 - showed an architecture for improving email that looks like Rod Welch's
431214 - system. ref SDS 57 PU5N
431215 -
431216 -      [On 010329 Jack Park planning alternate SDS program called
431217 -      something like "Structured Dialog System." ref SDS 76 XZ4K
431218 - ..
431219 - We reviewed challenges of creating an engine of knowledge based
431220 - on Welch work product shown on the web.  Management functions are
431221 - needed to deliver daily "intelligence," as noted by Eric in his letter
431222 - on 000824. ref SDS 57 0M5I  On 941114 IBM reviewed SDS, ref SDS 1
431223 - 5380, and 6 months later invested $4B hoping Lotus Notes could support
431224 - KM, see review on 950706. ref SDS 3 6006  A KM event on 991217
431225 - reported LN was unable to develop support for KM. ref SDS 17 9030
431226 - This afternoon Jack Park reported Lotus Notes was cited at a worldwide
431227 - conference on KM in Montreal, as the only program able to support KM,
431228 - and there was no demonstration of this claim. ref SDS 59 G69G  This
431229 - record shows KM is difficult to develop.
431230 - ..
431231 - We discussed scheduling a meeting with Curt about the
431232 - opportunity to realize ambitions to augment human intellect, by
431233 - developing implementations for SDS as the core engine of knowledge,
431234 - per planning on 000503. ref SDS 32 6903
431236 -  ..
431237 - Pat explained that Curt Carlson is a strong advocate for developing
431238 - core ideas internally at SRI.
431239 -
431240 -     [On 001017 SRI trying open source to develop better SDS program
431241 -     for Knowledge Management. ref SDS 65 3960
431242 -
431243 -     [On 001121 offered terms for using SDS to learn KM by doing KM, so
431244 -     team can create useful tools. ref SDS 69 XU8I
431246 -      ..
431247 -     [On 010205 Alon Schwarz wants SRI to pilot test BrowseUp.
431248 -     ref SDS 75 K3RJ
431250 -      ..
431251 -     [On 010924 Pat related Curt prefers to promote SRI developments
431252 -     rather than breakthrough capabilities developed by others.
431253 -     ref SDS 78 V54J
431254 -
431256 -  ..
431257 - Stable Technology Required for Effective Knowledge Management
431258 -
431259 - Follow up ref SDS 49 UQ5N.
431260 -
431261 - We reviewed the Linux situation, where they retain core capability.
431262 - Open source development occurs outside of the core engine.  That is
431263 - the model we are proposing.
431265 -  ..
431266 - Pat feels Apache is an example of a successful open source company.
431267 - He cited a $billion dollar capitalization for Apache to substantiate
431268 - the success of this model.
431269 -
431270 -     On 000411 market acceptance of open source businesses was reviewed
431271 -     in the media. ref SDS 26 5956
431272 - ..
431273 - He said Doug is thinking about continuing evolution of the
431274 - technology in 100 years, and feels open source can accomplish this.
431276 -  ..
431277 - We discussed the need to look at the larger picture.  In 1000 years
431278 - the record we create today needs to be accessible, just as manuscripts
431279 - like the Magna Carta, the bible, the work of Pythagorus, Plato,
431280 - Aristotle and so on are available to us, so that we can maintain
431281 - alignment with "truths" and grow the knowledge of civilization.
431282 - ..
431283 - Alphabet technology has not changed for 2000 years.
431285 -  ..
431286 - This stability provides a baseline to create information through the
431287 - alphabetic mind, reviewed on 991108. ref SDS 16 5628  Gutenberg was
431288 - cited on 991010 for contributing the most during the past millennium,
431289 - because he made alphabet technology cheaper and easier to use.  This
431290 - enabled other technologies to accelerate civilization. ref SDS 13 2548
431291 - The clear implication is that alphabet technology underlies the whole
431292 - of civilization, and any improvement in that method lifts everything.
431294 -  ..
431295 - Now SDS ratchets up a notch on the cognitive scale from information
431296 - supported by traditional alphabet technology, to knowledge that
431297 - integrates time with information.
431299 -  ..
431300 - This requires a stable underlying tool, per the letter to Cliff Joslyn
431301 - at LANL on 000731, ref SDS 52 0900, and on 000801, ref SDS 53 2320,
431302 - and impacts two development issues...
431303 -        ..
431304 -    1.  SDS must be rendered in a simple, stable form.  There may
431305 -        not be another simple way to implement SDS and maintain content
431306 -        in a stable ASCII form that provides consistent accessibility
431307 -        to evolving tools, for the reasons set out in the record on
431308 -        000811. ref SDS 56 E9R2
431310 -         ..
431311 -        Pat seemed to concur with this point.
431313 -         ..
431314 -    2.  Open source is great for dynamic development of implementation,
431315 -        like having millions of people writing books, articles, memos,
431316 -        letters, this can move civilization ahead, so long as they are
431317 -        not all busy changing the alphabet for the means of rendering
431318 -        information, and for the same reason they cannot be changing
431319 -        SDS as the means of rendering knowledge.
431320 -        ..
431321 -        Pat seemed to concur, noting the challenge is settling on
431322 -        the core of SDS that is to remain stable.
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SUBJECTS
Communication Manager Training
Com Managers Senior People
Communication Manager COO at Executive Level
Professional Role Use SDS Like Pilot Flies Airplane
Education Training Needed for New Professional Role Needed SDS Skills
SDS Skills Like Pilot Flies Airplane Professional Role

5208 -
520901 -  ..
520902 - Communication Metrics and Knowledge Management Training at University
520903 -
520904 - Follow up ref SDS 49 AH5K.
520905 -
520906 - We reviewed the need to develop university curiculum for KM and
520907 - Communication Metrics that co-evolves with tools, per our meeting on
520908 - 000725. ref SDS 49 AH5K
520910 -  ..
520911 - We need to begin developing people who can provide Com Metrics
520912 - support to use SDS, and we need to start seminar training of
520913 - executives about the need for executive support.
520915 -  ..
520916 - The rationale for a Com Metrics course in the record on 950523
520917 - ref SDS 2 3829, provides a baseline for the course ciriculum, also
520918 - shown on 950523. ref SDS 2 1674
520919 - ..
520920 - Pat feels this fits with SRI's program to improve education, per
520921 - above. ref SDS 0 OB7I
520922 -
520923 -    [...in another record called Elisabeth and Ray at Stanford about
520924 -    curiculum for Com Metrics. ref SDS 58 0001
520925 -
520926 -    [On 000831 Ray Levitt called back. ref SDS 60 0001
520928 -     ..
520929 -    [On 001220 suggested sholarship competition for best essay on
520930 -    future of PC, based on history of PC, citing Doug's work.
520931 -    ref SDS 70 KI6O
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520933 -
520934 -
520935 -
520936 -
520937 -
5210 -