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

SUBJECTS
Planning; Alliances
Knowledge Management Development Based on SDS
SRI DKR Project, 000503
SDS Project with SRI for KM
Welch, SRI Project for SDS
SDS Strong KM Application, Pat Lincoln SRI
Mission Advance Nation, Civilization
KM Secret SDS Only Design Counterintuitive Difficult to Discover Arch
KM Research Project Not Enough Known, 000615
National Improvement Civiliziation Advance

1512 -
1512 -    ..
1513 - Summary/Objective
1514 -
151401 - Follow up ref SDS 49 0000, ref SDS 46 0000.
151402 -
151403 - Pat explained SRI's goals, and how they might be aligned with SDS
151404 - capabilities that offer an advance in alphabet technology.  Discussed
151405 - licensing arrangements.  Reviewed funding options.
151407 -  ..
151408 - He will submit a letter confirming next steps he feels are needed to
151409 - move forward.
151411 -  ..
151412 - Submitted ref DIT 1 0001 linked to this record, and to the record the
151413 - next day on 000725 which has Jack's ideas on a business model.
151414 -
151415 -    [On 000726 received proposed business model from Jack Park.
151416 -    ref SDS 53 0001
151417 -
151418 -    [On 000727 received letter from Pat with ideas. ref SDS 54 0001
151420 -     ..
151421 -    [On 000829 telecon with Pat. ref SDS 61 0001
151422 -
151423 -
151425 -  ..
1515 -
1516 -
1517 - Progress
1518 -
151801 - Opportunity Commercial Development Core Engine Knowledge Management
151802 -
151803 - Follow up ref SDS 46 0050.
151804 -
151805 - This meeting draws on discussion from 000711, ref SDS 46 0001, and
151806 - confirmed in a letter to Pat, ref DIP 1 0001, on 000713. ref SDS 49
151807 - 0001
151809 -  ..
151810 - We initially reviwed Pat's assessment that SDS is a strong Knowledge
151811 - Management technology, based on his use of unique SDS work product
151812 - over the past 6 months that supports coordination and collaboration on
151813 - SRI's project to develop a dynamic knowledge repository (DKR).  Pat
151814 - confirmed this understanding from our telecon on 000711, ref SDS 46
151815 - U17I, which is the reason for the meeting today.
151816 -
151817 -     [On 000929 Doug Engelbart likes SDS and has ideas for
151818 -     improvements. ref SDS 64 6S9H
151820 -      ..
151821 -     [On 001017 Pat confirmed SDS has unique, powerful KM capability.
151822 -     ref SDS 66 VY4J
151824 -      ..
151825 -     [On 001027 Doug advised SDS is the best KM system he has seen.
151826 -     ref SDS 68 XV6F
151828 -      ..
151829 -     [On 010111 Pat indicated SDS can improve collaboration at SRI.
151830 -     ref SDS 70 OE8H
151832 -      ..
151833 -     [On 010122 Pat confirmed SDS is an effective KM capability that
151834 -     adds value to daily management. ref SDS 72 GM5F
151836 -      ..
151837 -     [On 010811 request SDS be reviewed in the Bootstrap public forum
151838 -     for implementing Doug's ideas. ref SDS 74 T67J
151840 -      ..
151841 -     [On 020729 Pat issued a letter by SRI citing SDS support for
151842 -     knowledge technolgy. ref SDS 76 ER6I
151844 -  ..
151845 - Objective is to form a commercial partnership for exploiting SDS, as
151846 - the core engine of knowledge across the continuum from individuals to
151847 - Enterprise Management, set out in the record on 990427. ref SDS 11
151848 - 7503 This was discussed recently with Jack Park on 000503 showing
151849 - support for Doug Engelbart's Open Source objectives. ref SDS 35 6903
151851 -  ..
151852 - Knowledge Management is a secret of SDS shown by experience the past 6
151853 - months, reviewed on 000425, ref SDS 32 0001, and more recently in
151854 - telecon with Cliff Joslyn, LANL, on 000713. ref SDS 48 4267  On 000615
151855 - SRI's team for the OHS/DKR project gave up trying to produce KM.
151856 - ref SDS 42 6271
151857 -
151858 -      [On 000824 SRI proposal for architecture is Rod Welch system.
151859 -      ref SDS 60 PU5N
151861 -       ..
151862 -      [On 001017 SRI planning to use open source to produce better KM
151863 -      capability. ref SDS 67 3960
151865 -  ..
151866 - This means that KM is primarily a research project.  SRI has expertise
151867 - and assets for exploiting this research opportunity.
151868 -
151869 -        [On 001011 submitted research proposal to SRI. ref SDS 65 0001
151870 -
151871 -        [On 020729 reviewed opportunity to advance KM by researching
151872 -        SDS; need specific theses to study. ref SDS 76 JH5K
151874 -         ..
151875 -        [On 030417 proposed theses for researching SDS and Com Metrics.
151876 -        ref SDS 77 9I9N
151878 -  ..
151879 - SRI goals and mission...
151880 -
151881 -     Pat explained SRI researches foundational capabilities to improve
151882 -     the nation and civilization.
151883 -
151884 -        [On 001220 Curt Carlson explained how Doug Engelbart's work
151885 -        advanced SRI's mission. ref SDS 69 WD6M
151887 -         ..
151888 -        [On 010116 letter to Pat explains SRI can advance its mission
151889 -        by improving SRI management using SDS. ref SDS 71 0001
151891 -         ..
151892 -        [On 010122 meeting with Curt Carlson reviewed same point.
151893 -        ref SDS 72 PZ8M
151895 -      ..
151896 -     SRI is non-profit.  They support commercial ventures whose work
151897 -     aligns with SRI's mission.  Income from venture partnerships go
151898 -     into SRI's endowment to fund research.  Therefore research must
151899 -     provide a value proposition for SRI.
151900 -
151901 -        [On 010122 meeting with Curt on value proposition for SRI.
151902 -        ref SDS 72 LX6H
151903 -
151904 -
151905 -
151906 -
151907 -
1520 -

SUBJECTS
Productivity Increased by Controlling Lower Levels Organic Structure
Alphabet Patterns Signs Symbols Semiotics = Communication + Meaning +
Organic Subject Structure
Secrets of Meaning Drift Cause Self Deception - Mistakes
Alphabet + Time = Engine Knowledge
Earning Alphabet Productivity Control Organic Structure Knowledge SDS
SDS Stable Technology
Stable Technology Preserve Access to History Legacy Tools

3210 -
321101 -  ..
321102 - SDS Supports SRI Research and Commercial Objectives
321103 - Alphabet Technology Strategic Opportunity Overlooked for 2000 Years
321104 -
321105 - SDS supports SRI's mission to advance the nation and civilization,
321106 - ref SDS 0 0897, by improving alphabet technology, which is the engine
321107 - of knowledge that drives civilization.  SDS adds a dimension of time
321108 - to enrich information created by the alphabet that yields an effective
321109 - Knowledge Space for augmenting human intelligence, see POIMS,
321110 - ref OF 1 2200, cited recently on 000709 from experience at PG&E.
321111 - ref SDS 45 1029  Since there has been no improvement in the alphabet
321112 - in the past 2000 years, SDS positions SRI to make a unique and
321113 - powerful contribution to the nation and to civilization in two ways...
321114 -
321115 -    1.  Mainstreaming SDS methodologies to form a new market for
321116 -        Knowledge Management.
321118 -         ..
321119 -    2.  Improving SRI's ability to accomplish its mission of scientific
321120 -        research, as noted by professor Joseph Ransdell, Texas Tech
321121 -        University, in his letter on 000716 reporting that SDS supports
321122 -        the basic scientific process of inquiry. ref SDS 50 0785
321123 -
321124 -           [On 000826 SRI announced program to improve internal
321125 -           collaboration. ref SDS 61 MJ6F
321127 -         ..
321128 -        Command and Control of the Record Provides Context Management
321129 -        Better Handling of Daily Working Information
321130 -        Shove all that paper into the computer
321131 -
321132 -        We considered briefly, Pat's desk to illustrate immediate
321133 -        benefit of SDS, based on the goal set at the U.S. Army Corps of
321134 -        Engineers on 960418 to solve the problem of information
321135 -        overload exemplified by desks piled high with paperwork.  SDS
321136 -        supports "paperless" and "virtual" office concept, making
321137 -        possible to "shove all that paper on the desk" into the
321138 -        computer using SDS methods and tools. ref SDS 5 8840  The Corps
321139 -        later reported in 1997 that SDS solved the problem. ref DRP 1
321140 -        5733  Cultural latency, however, sometimes makes it difficult
321141 -        for experienced people to initially grasp this opportunity.
321142 -        ref SDS 1 9989  An example of difficult transition to a new
321143 -        way of working is shown in the record on 920215. ref SDS 2
321144 -        5820
321145 -
321146 -            [...below, shove all the information in the head and in
321147 -            documents into the computer for paperless office efficient
321148 -            handling records management. ref SDS 0 A55A
321150 -             ..
321151 -            [On 020402 1012 manager of Oncology Department at Kaiser
321152 -            desk piled high with papers did not have enough time for
321153 -            communication with the patient. ref SDS 75 557L
321155 -         ..
321156 -        More recently, Bill DeHart reported on 000709 that PG&E had
321157 -        success using SDS when supported by a Communication Manager,
321158 -        because SDS provides an inherent organization that is missing
321159 -        from other methods. ref SDS 45 1029
321161 -             ..
321162 -            [On 000727 received letter from Pat with ideas. ref SDS 54
321163 -            0001
321165 -             ..
321166 -            [On 000802 listed SRI in business plan as example of
321167 -            organizations interested in Knowledge Management.
321168 -            ref SDS 57 4955
321169 -
321171 -  ..
321172 - Stability Essential for Access to History Using Legacy Tools
321173 - Familiarity from 2,000 Years of Culture Hides Secret of KM
321174 -
321175 - Enhancing alphabet technology has been overlooked for 2000 years,
321176 - because it has been thought to be a complete solution, see review on
321177 - 991108. ref SDS 17 5628  This stability has been a great advantage by
321178 - enabling people to figure out over a long time how to apply the tools
321179 - of literacy through trial and error based on a consistent means to
321180 - maintain a useable record over the centuries, so that new generations
321181 - can learn from a broad sweep of history, rather than from recent
321182 - ancestors.
321184 -  ..
321185 - Our goal is to help a lot of people think, remember and communicate
321186 - better than they are doing with present alphabet technology.  This
321187 - requires an improvement that remains stable for a long enough period
321188 - of time to be incorporated into work practice, like the alphabet, and
321189 - that the record is preserved in a form that will be accessible by
321190 - later tool sets, discussed with Doug Engelbart on 000327. ref SDS 25
321191 - 8484
321192 -
321193 -     [...open source development fractionalizes KM environment.
321194 -     ref SDS 0 UQ5N
321196 -      ..
321197 -     [On 000731 consortium proposed to LANL that would help maintain
321198 -     stability of KM through standards. ref SDS 55 0900
321200 -      ..
321201 -     [On 000801 2nd letter to LANL urges need for stable knowledge
321202 -     environment. ref SDS 56 0001
321204 -      ..
321205 -     [On 000812 need for stable KM technology cited by DKR team
321206 -     correspondence. ref SDS 59 GP3N
321207 - ..
321208 - The long stability that gives the alphabet power to help a lot
321209 - of people, also, makes it difficult for people to accept that it can
321210 - be improved.  The claim appears mystical, surreal, against religious
321211 - belief even by those who claim not to believe in religion.
321213 -  ..
321214 - An example, is discussion on Sunday with Cliff Joslyn of Los Alamos
321215 - National Lab explaining how he has developed techniques to manage his
321216 - work, which is a process every successful executive develops over 10 -
321217 - 20 years in dealing with the complexity of handling daily working
321218 - information generated primarily using alphabet technology. ref SDS 52
321219 - 2205  The strength of a stable alphabet, however, masks consideration
321220 - for improving the technology, with the result that proposing such a
321221 - task meets with disbelief.  The concept seems unreal, because it is
321222 - not topical, and because people do not have to time to think, as
321223 - reported on 960911. ref SDS 7 3479
321224 - ..
321225 - However, the concept is actually quite simple.
321227 -  ..
321228 - The alphabet is a technology for rendering internal subjective, hazy
321229 - thoughts in an external form of objects arranged into words, sentences
321230 - and pargraphs, etc., that can then be improved through craftsmanship,
321231 - and can, also, be stored and transported accurately, without loss of
321232 - wear and tear due to aging.  This work product is commonly called
321233 - information, as displayed and stored in printed media and computers in
321234 - the form of books, articles, memos, correspondence, and similar
321235 - traditional instruments.  The human mind innately connects information
321236 - into chronologies of cause and effect, commonly called "knowledge,"
321237 - that guides the preparation of documents, and all other human conduct.
321238 - SDS provides an automated environment that helps people perform this
321239 - work of connecting information into knowledge of cause and effect.
321240 -
321241 -
321242 -
3213 -

SUBJECTS
Knowledge Management Development Based on SDS
SRI DKR Project, 000503
Killer App, What Testing, Study to Discover Useful Technology
Enterprise Management SDS Core Capability
Operating System for People & Organizations, Rather than for Comput
Enterprise Workflow Integrate Cost/Schedule/Communications, Design
Killer Application = Entertainment + Usefull
Operating System for People & Organizations
SDS and SRI Project
KM = I + T + S, 000425
Educate Benefits of Empathic, User Centered Design

3813 -
381401 -  ..
381402 - SDS Routinizes Mental Processes to Produce Knowledge
381403 -
381404 - Everybody accepts the homilie that time is money and knowledge is
381405 - power, but few can explain the source of "power" in knowledge.
381406 -
381407 - One explanation is that command, or awareness, of causation from the
381408 - sylogism, if a then b, is the power of knowledge roughly derived from
381409 - the formula...
381410 -
381412 -  ..
381413 -
381414 -   Knowledge Management  =  Information Management  +  Time Management
381415 -
381416 -
381417 - ...which yields understanding sequence of contextually relevant
381418 - information based on the chronology of highly complex events day to
381419 - day, reviewed recently on 000709, ref SDS 45 0004, and previously on
381420 - 991014. ref SDS 15 5600
381421 - ..
381422 - The universality of this knowledge process gives SDS application
381423 - potential to take market share from wordprocessing and email, and/or
381424 - alternatively, SDS supplements all applications by providing a place
381425 - to capture, understand and improve reasoning and history (causation)
381426 - using other applications for performing tasks, which is otherwise
381427 - missing from the market place, discussed with Intel on 950927.
381428 - ref SDS 4 8400
381430 -  ..
381431 - Peter Drucker's article reviewed on 991025 clarifies this opportunity.
381432 - ref SDS 16 0836
381433 -
381434 -    SDS establishes standards for KM;
381435 -
381436 -    SDS needs Windows interface and security features.
381437 -    ..
381438 -    Need to begin growing Communication Managers to use SDS for
381439 -    implementing KM, per meeting with Cliff Joslyn at LANL on 000723.
381440 -    ref SDS 52 1312
381441 - ..
381442 - Pat feels generating a revenue stream from KM is several years
381443 - away because people don't yet understand this opportunity.
381445 -  ..
381446 - He mentioned talking to senior executives at HP and other major
381447 - companies, and observing work practices at Lockheed-Martin, as
381448 - examples showing that knowledge management is far removed from the
381449 - attention of customers and clients in the market place.  This makes it
381450 - difficult to present opportunities for saving time and money, and
381451 - shows that education will be needed to grow a market for knowledge
381452 - management capability.
381454 -  ..
381455 - One form of "education" is published research that explains theory and
381456 - reports savings from adopting new technology and new work practices.
381458 -  ..
381459 - One thing we know for sure.  KM is not going to move an inch, until
381460 - someone starts doing KM, rather than talking about it.  In the
381461 - beginning, all new methods require experimenting.
381462 -
381463 -     [On 001011 submitted KM research ideas to SRI. ref SDS 65 0001
381464 - ..
381465 - An example is the meeting Cliff Joslyn on 000723.
381467 -  ..
381468 - Cliff is the lead KM research scientist at Los Alamos National Lab,
381469 - reported on 000316. ref SDS 23 2303
381471 -  ..
381472 - On 000723 Cliff showed there has been little progress in the past 10
381473 - years using technology to improve management, ref SDS 52 2205,
381474 - reflecting similar resistance to VLSI chip design, reported 960612,
381475 - ref SDS 6 1368, which, by a lucky break, was overcome by Intel.  Andy
381476 - Grove reports in his book reviewed on 980307 that people like to work
381477 - on familiar things in familiar ways, ref SDS 8 2680, supporting Pat's
381478 - findings at HP, Lockheed Martin, and other top organizations.
381480 -  ..
381481 - Andy, also, says that helping successful executives understand a new
381482 - idea for improving their work practice is like "walking through the
381483 - valley of death." ref SDS 9 4674
381485 -  ..
381486 - In our discussion today, we reviewed how SDS provides a...
381487 -
381488 -                         Killer Application
381489 -
381490 -    ...that compells attention, ref DIT 1 4216, by improving daily work
381491 -    through an...
381493 -  ..
381494 -              Operating System for People and Organizations
381495 -
381496 -
381497 -    ...commonly called...
381499 -  ..
381500 -                          Enterprise Management
381501 -
381502 -
381503 -    ...that organizes information in the context of objectives,
381504 -    commitments, requirements and work history.   This enables people
381505 -    to shove all the information in their head, and paper on the desk,
381506 -    in filing cabinets, in the back seat of the car, and everywhere
381507 -    else stuff is scattered, into a computer.  It further means
381508 -    organizing stuff in the computer, including email, so that
381509 -    technology can leverage innate ability to think, remember and
381510 -    communicate.  That is what it means to augment intelligence.
381511 -    ..
381512 -    We, again, looked briefly at Pat's desk to focus on this
381513 -    objective, per above. ref SDS 0 I3R5
381515 -     ..
381516 -    SDS is the only technology that can do this, per telecon with
381517 -    Morris and Bill on 000709. ref SDS 45 1029  KM does not require
381518 -    taking market share from others, but rather adds value to other
381519 -    technology, like wordprocessing and spreadsheets, by applying
381520 -    technology to augment human intelligence for determining strategy
381521 -    about what to write, what to calculate, and what to do with the
381522 -    results, and how to roll over results into controllable actions
381523 -    that maintain alignment.  Currently strategic analysis and
381524 -    alignment with enterprise goals occurs only in the human mind; but;
381525 -    people are beginning to feel support is needed because information
381526 -    is coming so fast that sorting out the complexities overwhelms
381527 -    limited span of attention, and makes...
381528 -
381530 -  ..
381531 -              ..
381532 -              Communication the Biggest Risk in Enterprise
381533 -              
381534 -
381535 -    People don't want phone calls, meetings and email to cause more
381536 -    problems, i.e., bumbling.  They want communication to expedite the
381537 -    work.  This requires adding "intelligence" to informtion through a
381538 -    system of metrics for communication, which yields Knowledge
381539 -    Management.
381540 -
381541 -       [On 000829 Pat reported SRI has launched an initiative to
381542 -       improve internal collaboration. ref SDS 61 MJ6F
381544 -     ..
381545 -    Interest in Knowledge Management, cited by Pat, ref SDS 0 5722,
381546 -    shows pent up demand for a solution, and the lack of any other
381547 -    product or system that supports KM shows that SDS, which has a
381548 -    demonstrated presence on the web, has no competition for exploiting
381549 -    this demand.
381550 -    ..
381551 -    Demand is evident from history of SDS discussed in the
381552 -    meeting with Cliff Joslyn (LANL) on 000723, ref SDS 52 2583, citing
381553 -    Doug Engelbart's description of "daily work," in the record on
381554 -    000327. ref SDS 25 3971  The article in Fortune reviewed on 000625
381555 -    explains CEOs fail primarily due to lack of Knowledge Management
381556 -    capability beginning with the CEO. ref SDS 12 7344  This shows that
381557 -    the market for SDS is not out there, but rather is us, where "us"
381558 -    is comprised of people and organizations who contribute to the SDS
381559 -    project in order to acquire the means to improve their work and by
381560 -    extension earnings.
381561 -
381562 -       [On 000829 Pat reported SRI has launched an initiative to
381563 -       improve internal collaboration. ref SDS 61 MJ6F
381565 -     ..
381566 -    One way to have continual improvement, as Doug calls out, is to
381567 -    have continual learning.  Every business and management standard
381568 -    calls for continual learning, as reported on 950721. ref SDS 3 2846
381569 -    SDS and Communication Metrics intrinsically supports continual
381570 -    learning through a constant process of adding intelligence to
381571 -    information, i.e., adding organization, analysis, alignment,
381572 -    summary and getting feedback, explained in POIMS. ref OF 1 2200
381573 -
381575 -  ..
381576 - Education to grow a market comes from a variety of sources
381577 -
381578 -
381579 -    1.  Traditional media advertising costs money.
381580 -
381581 -    2.  SDS has a 12 year history that grows everyday.  This record on
381582 -        the Internet provides a convenient, inexpensive, way for people
381583 -        to readily see how this new KM capability is used every day,
381584 -        minute by minute, hour by hour, day by day to save time and
381585 -        money.
381587 -         ..
381588 -        This gives life to otherwise sterile claims that SDS is a new
381589 -        and powerful operating system for people and organizations.
381590 -        Seeing the SDS record on web, shows it can be done, and that it
381591 -        works better than what people are doing now.
381592 -        ..
381593 -        Generally, people grasp from the SDS record on the web
381594 -        that it is a powerful way to work.  Not everyone feels that
381595 -        way, but enough to grow a market.  As the SDS presence grows,
381596 -        people who encounter it, will want the same power.
381598 -         ..
381599 -        An example is the SDS record for the DKR project that has
381600 -        helped the team experience proof of a concept for Knowledge
381601 -        Management, which has otherwise eluded experts and practioners.
381602 -        ..
381603 -    3.  Formal education in universities, per letter to professor
381604 -        Joseph Ransdell at Texas Tech University on 000719 which
381605 -        explains need for course in KM. ref DIP 2 8632  It cites letter
381606 -        to Doug on 000301, ref DIP 3 2035, setting out this
381607 -        requirement. ref SDS 21 0001  Stanford, for example, has a new
381608 -        composite department with cross disciplines, per telecon with
381609 -        on 000202 Elisabeth Pate-Cornell, Chair, Department of
381610 -        Management Science and Engineering at Stanford. ref SDS 20 0867
381612 -         ..
381613 -    4.  Ultimate goal is for children to learn SDS as an extension of
381614 -        the alphabet in grade school, so they grow up with a stronger
381615 -        skill set to generate knowledge, rather than mere information,
381616 -        as present training provides.
381617 -
381618 -           [On 000829 Pat advised SRI has launched major program to
381619 -           improve education. ref SDS 61 OB7I
381621 -            ..
381622 -           [On 000901 telecon with Elisabeth. ref SDS 62 MI6O
381624 -            ..
381625 -           [On 000920 Henry van Eykan proposes education for KM.
381626 -           ref SDS 63 W93D
381628 -            ..
381629 -           [On 001011 proposal to SRI to advance education. ref SDS 65
381630 -           3Y2P
381631 -
381632 -
381633 -
381634 -
381635 -
381636 -
3817 -

SUBJECTS
SRI Requests Team for SDS Project
License Agreement
Copywrite/Patent
Ownership Finance
Welch, SRI Project for SDS

4507 -
450801 -  ..
450802 - Ownership, Patents, Licensing Require Review
450803 -
450804 - Follow up ref SDS 46 1222.
450805 -
450806 -   1.  Direct commercial Welch and SRI to produce KM.
450807 -
450808 -       Welch owns SDS, licenses to SRI for development of applications
450809 -       that support e-business and Enterprise Management.
450811 -        ..
450812 -       SRI uses DKR effort to develop applications under Open Source
450813 -       or any approach it wishes.
450814 -       ..
450815 -       Pat commented that the Welch investment of 15 years to
450816 -       create SDS cannot reasonably be given away.
450817 -
450818 -          [On 010201 Jack Park submits ideas for an open source SDS
450819 -          project. ref SDS 73 0001
450821 -        ..
450822 -   2.  Consortium Welch, SRI, Los Alamos National Lab, IBM, Intel,
450823 -       Sun..., Oracle, similar to W3C for web.
450825 -        ..
450826 -       Welch owns SDS, licenses to Consortium for development of
450827 -       commercial applications needed for National Defense, government
450828 -       and business applications.
450829 -
450831 -  ..
450832 - Funding Requires Ability to "Deliver the Goods"
450833 -
450834 - Follow up ref SDS 46 0512
450835 -
450836 - Pat advised that funding from the federal government can require open
450837 - source development or that the entire government be given a license to
450838 - use the product for free.
450840 -  ..
450841 - I advised that SDS is not available under those terms, per Pat's point
450842 - above. ref SDS 0 1222  The government needs Knowledge Mangement to
450843 - reduce costs, regardless of whether they can use it for free, as shown
450844 - by the record on 991001 of NASA's continuing difficulties, ref SDS 13
450845 - 0001, and by the record on 981027 showing huge losses at USACE.
450846 - ref SDS 10 9152
450847 - ..
450848 - Pat asked if I have a business plan, and would I be willing to
450849 - work with venture capitalists?  He feels SRI would prefer for SDS to
450850 - be supported as a major project, rather than work with Welch, as an
450851 - individual.
450853 -  ..
450854 - Pat offered that there is a lot of venture capital money looking for
450855 - KM opportunities.  This aligns with the report on 000324 by Lee
450856 - Iverson. ref SDS 24 4877  He noted that SDS is not a .com type effort,
450857 - and so he feels recent difficulties in that segment does not affect
450858 - interest in SDS.
450860 -  ..
450861 - He said SRI can assist in developing a business plan to create an
450862 - entity that can partner with SRI to accomplish common objectives for
450863 - advancing SDS.
450864 -
450865 -      [On 000727 Jack Park submitted a business model proposal.
450866 -      ref SDS 53 0050
450867 -
450868 -          [On 010201 Jack Park submits ideas for an open source SDS
450869 -          project. ref SDS 73 0001
450871 -       ..
450872 -      [On 000727 Pat confirmed this understanding. ref SDS 54 2268
450874 -       ..
450875 -      [On 000804 submitted preliminary business plan to SRI.
450876 -      ref SDS 58 0001
450878 -       ..
450879 -      [On 000829 Pat will submit comments on preliminary business plan.
450880 -      and schedule meetings with SRI managers. ref SDS 61 0050
450882 -       ..
450883 -      [On 001017 SRI planning to create better SDS program. ref SDS 67
450884 -      3960
450885 -
450886 -
450887 -
450888 -
4509 -

SUBJECTS
SRI Requests Team for SDS Project

4803 -
480401 -  ..
480402 - Welch Leads Development Team to Reduce Cost
480403 -
480404 - Follow up ref SDS 46 2385.
480405 -
480406 - Need governing board.
480407 -
480408 - Pat asked about the Welch team?
480410 -  ..
480411 - I explained I am the team.
480413 -  ..
480414 - Morris Jones has helped develop SDS as a hobby the past 15 years or
480415 - so, per meeting with Cliff Joslyn on 000723, ref SDS 52 0008, while
480416 - holding assignments as a founder of Chips and Technologies, and VP of
480417 - Product Development, and now an executive at Intel.  Morris' strengths
480418 - in technology engineering for hardware and software, and in and IT
480419 - management, are big assets. There might be arrangements under which
480420 - Morris would play a direct role in an SDS project.  He has not made
480421 - any commitments at this time, and is happy with his work at Intel.
480422 -
480423 -     [On 000726 Jack Park suggested ideas on formulating a team.
480424 -     ref SDS 53 0050
480425 -
480426 -
480427 -
480428 -
480429 -
4805 -

SUBJECTS
Management Cannot Make Assignments
Ownership
Open Source
DKR Supported SDS Project
DKR Welch, SRI Project for SDS
Debug Software Many Do This for Free with Open Source
Open Source Many People to Debug Program for Free

6309 -
631001 -  ..
631002 - Knowledge Management Difficult to Understand, Requires Breakthrough
631003 - Focus, Responsibility Essential for Creating Knowledge Management
631004 - Open Source Develops Implementation for DKR, Solving World Problems
631005 -
631006 - Follow up ref SDS 46 1056.
631007 -
631008 - Doug Engelbart's commitment to an Open Source effort can be
631009 - accomplished by developing implementation capabilities based on SDS
631010 - for Enterprise Management, per analysis on 000503. ref SDS 35 6903
631012 -  ..
631013 - On 000509 Open Source and Bootstrap strategies reviewed by Paul
631014 - Fernhout and Eric Armstrong. ref SDS 37 4514
631015 - ..
631016 - Pat wants me to meet with Doug and several other key DKR people, and
631017 - explain the ideas we discussed today about a commercial development of
631018 - SDS that would be licensed to SRI in a way that can support Doug's DKR
631019 - team, per above. ref SDS 0 1222
631021 -  ..
631022 - He will arrange the meeting.
631023 -
631024 -    [On 000727 received letter from Pat with ideas. ref SDS 54 0001
631025 -
631026 -    [...discussed setting a meeting with Doug.
631027 -
631028 -    [On 000929 Doug indicated he would like to meet on SDS. ref SDS 64
631029 -    6M8I
631030 -
631031 - ..
631032 - Pat explained an advantage of open source is having a lot of
631033 - people to debug the software.
631035 -  ..
631036 - We did not discuss SDS design that supports debugging, explained in
631037 - POIMS. ref OF 1 5795
631038 -
631039 -    [On 000726 received proposed business model from Jack Park that
631040 -    proposes composite commercial and open source SDS project.
631041 -    ref SDS 53 0001
631043 -  ..
631044 - Considered the lack of focus in open source work, inability to make
631045 - assignments.  Pat feels this would be solved by doing the initial
631046 - development as a regular SRI project.  Only after the program is
631047 - complete is the code released to open source.
631048 -
631050 -  ..
631051 - Stable Technology Required for Effective Knowledge Management
631052 -
631053 - Per above, ref SDS 0 0WD3, another concern is that multiple flavors of
631054 - SDS would fragment the market to such a degree that nothing would get
631055 - implemented, and so no real benefit would occur.  This could hurt
631056 - sales, or it could benefit. The matter needs some thought.
631057 -
631058 -
631059 -
631060 -
631061 -
6311 -

SUBJECTS
NASA Pre-proposal OHS

6403 -
640401 -  ..
640402 - NASA Proposal Under Review; Ontology Proposed Separately
640403 -
640404 - Pat walked me to my car in the parking lot at the conclusion of our
640405 - meeting.
640406 -
640407 - He mentioned that NASA is still reviewing SRI's proposal reported in
640408 - the record on 000718. ref SDS 51 0001
640410 -  ..
640411 - Pat advised that ontology and categories are not discussed in the
640412 - proposal to NASA because there is a separate call for proposals on
640413 - that scope. ref SDS 51 7520  The DKR team recognizes the offer to
640414 - develop KM requires an ontology capability.
640415 -
640416 -    [On 000824 Eric Armstrong reports catagories not included in design
640417 -    discussions on 000822. ref SDS 60 PU5N
640418 -
640419 -
640420 -
640421 -
640422 -
640423 -
640424 -
6405 -