So can you name the people that appear in TheDeadline?
It's been a while, so I will have to reread the book. --ThaddeusOlczyk
Real Person -> Deadline Character
- Bill Gates -> The Nation's Noble Leader, Himself
- The Genie (bit character at end) -> Ed Yourdon
- Belok -> SteveJobs
- Larry Boheme -> BarryBoehm
- T. Johns Caperous -> CapersJones
- Harry Winnipeg -> GeraldWeinberg
JerryWeinberg appears twice, or so TomDeMarco has told him. Harry Winnipeg is the obvious one. Bonus points to whoever can identify Jerry's second appearance.
I don't think I fully agree. Here was my guess (not complete, though).
- Tompkins: Rick Gee
- Lahksa, the spy: nobody particular
- The Nation's Noble Leader: Bill Gates
- Belok, the Sinister Minister: Steve Balmer
- Belinda Binda: not sure, perhaps Gerald Weinberg?
- The eminent Dr. Rizzoli: Victor Basili
- Ex-General Markov: don't know
- Abdul Jamid (the model simulation guy): don't know, looked up the book: David Norton
- Caporous, the numbers man (function points): don't know, not the inventor of fp
- Dr. Menotti, managing director of MSEI: don't know, who is head of SEI?
- Aristotle Kenoros: Watts Humphrey (or the Oracle)
- Boheme, the Guru of Conflict Resolution: Larry Constantine
- Winnipeg, the consultant: don't know
- The Great Yordini: Ed Yourdon
Caper Jones is probably right, didn't get this one.
Dirk, what evidence do you have for Abdul Jamid being David Norton? I always thought it's Tarek K. Abdel-Hamid (http://www.nps.navy.mil/tarek.abdel-hamid/NPS_Web_Page/NPS_Home.htm).