What is Fred Brooks best known for?
Developing hardware for IBM
Managing the development of IBM’s System/360 computers and the OS/360 software
Developing Google's search engine
Developing the Microsoft Windows operating system
Answer
Fred Brooks is best known for managing the development of IBM’s System/360 computers and the OS/360 software. The System/360 was a revolutionary new computer system that was designed to meet the needs of a wide variety of businesses. It was the first computer system to offer a choice of different models, each with different capabilities and price points. The OS/360 was the operating system for the System/360 computers.
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