Moore House: Discussion notes from phone conversations

11/04/1997

Funding of Works, Memorandum

Memorandum addressed to Sun Microsystems’ co-founder Bill Joy, who had provided funds for the experimental project “Gatemaker”. Christopher Alexander refers to the implications such a tool could have for computing and design .

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The Gatemaker Project 1997 to 2000

Other, Designed

The Gatemaker project provides an enlightening lens through which to examine the interplay of ideas between Christopher Alexander and computing, over the last half-century. Interest in his work became intense by 1996, so his team secured funding for a research ...

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Scientific Research 1 Items

Patterns in Software Development

Christopher Alexander had developed a long and diverse relationship to the use of computers in design since the 1960s. It culminated with the interest the computer software community showed to the idea of pattern and pattern languages and how the ...

Articles 2 Items

Public Events 1 Items

"The Aspen Summit" on the development for a new software design tool 01/03/1997 to 04/03/1997

Aspen, CO, U.S.A.

Conference, Professional Event

A meeting between the Center for Environmental Structure Computing, represented by Christopher Alexander, Greg Brian and John Seamster, and Sun Microsystems represented by its co-founder Bill Joy and Mike Clary. The purpose of the meeting was to discuss the development ...

Correspondence 1 Items

The Gatemaker Project: Forwarding a brief 8-page memorandum describing the experimental process used to create Gatemaker, and assessing the level of progress made so far; in responce to comments made in Aspen summit and afterwards. 08/04/1997

Project, Design Matters, Memorandum

Records 1 Items

The Aspen Summit: Thoughts on the Aspen Meeting 1) One version of the memorandum 08/04/1997

Public Event, Event Document, Memorandum

Memorandum written after the meeting in Aspen, between the Center for Environmental Structure Computing and Sun Microsystems, explaining the experimental process that led to the computer program named “Gatemaker”, and summarizing what has been achieved and what not. A longer ...