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DIARY: April 28, 1999 09:02 AM Wednesday; Rod Welch

Received letter from Morris on NSF proposal.

1...Summary/Objective


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CONTACTS 
0201 - Intel Corporation                    408 765 8080
020101 - Mr. Morris E. Jones; Director of Architecture =408 545 9521

SUBJECTS
NSF Grant Proposal
Enterprise Management
Context Management
Communication Metrics
Open Source Development Freeware
Commercial Viability

0908 -    ..
0909 - Summary/Objective
0910 -
091001 - Follow up ref SDS 9 8422.
091002 -
091003 - Received ref DRT 1 0001 from Morris responding to my letter yesterday.
091004 - ref DIP 3 0001 transmitting Roy's initial draft for an NSF grant,
091005 - received on 990427. ref SDS 10
091006 -
091007 - Morris noticed that Roy's idea to give away the software poses a
091008 - challenge for making a viable business, which is considered in the
091009 - record on 990427. ref SDS 10 3240
091010 -
091011 -      [On 000218 Dick Karpinski proposes SDS Open Source project.
091012 -      ref SDS 12 0867]
091013 -
091014 - Sent a quick note to acknowledge his observation, because it is a
091015 - strong point.
091016 - ..
091017 - Morris does not address the Enterprise Management model Roy
091018 - proposes, ref SDS 10 3360;
091019 -
091020 - What about viability of using Communciation Metrics on the web.  Will
091021 - this really be helpful to anyone? ref SDS 10 7503
091022 -
091023 - This was discussed on 911123, ref SDS 1 0477, but we have not had a
091024 - lot of success because of worry about accountability, reviewed on
091025 - 980405. ref SDS 2 5065
091026 -
091027 -      [On 991014 Morris objected to responsibility for knowledge of
091028 -      connections to context. ref SDS 11 3066]
091029 -
091030 - Submitted formal letter, ref DIT 1, asking for comment on the merits
091031 - of the proposal to develop Enterprise Management, which seems to be
091032 - based on largely on the model of Communication Metrics to deliver
091033 - Intelligence via Internet.
091034 -
091035 - He might note changes in the home page...
091036 -
091037 -                    http://www.welchco.com
091038 -
091039 -    ... simplified a bit and added advantages of "intelligence.
091040 -
091041 -
091042 -
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