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)(ERO)( BUSINESS SYSTElVIS Systems Development Departmellt To: . Bill Lynch Date: 23 February 1979 From: Jim \Vhite Org: SDD/SS Communication and I/O Software Subject: Progress, Communication Filed: [Iris]Progress-February.l3ravo Hnd I/O Sortwilrc Planning and Administration Responsibility for I/O device microcode and drivers was transferred to Communication Software as a result of the reorganization announced by Bill Lynch in his 12 February memo entitled "Systems Software Section Reorganization". The group has been renamed Communication and I/O Sottware (CI0S) and now includes Pius Jarvis, John Ng, and Alan Freier, who is scheduled to report on IS March. Yogcn Dalal and Jim \Vhite assumed project leadership responsibility for OIS Communication and IOCS, respectively. CIOS now has a Jarge number of vacant slots to fill: two in OIS Cotnl11unicntion and several in the 10CS area. Jim, Yogen, and others in the group have begun actively seeking out and interviewing candidates. The need for OISCr personnel is aggravatcd by Jim's newlOCS responsibilities. 111e current 10CS manpower shortage (along with uncertainty about device availability) severely limits