Walt Boyes

  From a Prominent Member of the Vendor Community Walt, Just about the first thing I did in the office this year was read your December editorial, “It’s a Great Time to Be an End-User!” From my position as a member of the supplier side, I certainly agree that it is getting to be a good time in our industry. I think that the approach you advocate to end-users in your … [Read more...] about It's a Buyer's Market Out There…

BEDFORD HILLS, NY, United States (UPI) -- John Diebold, a 1950s-era advocate for computers who popularized the term 'automation,' has died in his New York state home. Diebold, who succumbed Monday to esophageal cancer, was 79, the Los Angeles Times reported Friday. When he was only 26, he wrote a book entitled 'Automation,' advocating the then-unprecedented notion of using … [Read more...] about He coined the word "automation" — John Diebold dies

I'm on vacation until January 3. I'll be baaaaack! … [Read more...] about Happy Hannukah, Happy Kwanzaa, Happy New Year!

May the blessings of the day be upon you! Walt and the entire Boyes Family … [Read more...] about Merry Christmas to All!

Some of you know that I write and read science fiction...and in my spare time I act as a "first reader" for several authors, and read "slush piles" for Baen Books. Two months ago, I was asked to join the editorial committee of a new electronic science fiction magazine published by Baen Books. Now just in time for Christmas, Hannukah, Festivus, Solstice (well, okay a little … [Read more...] about Need a couple of extra Christmas or Hannukah presents?