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Volume 49 , Issue 3 (March 2006) table of contents
Self managed systems

COLUMN: Viewpoint table of contents

Pages: 33 - 35

Year of Publication: 2006

ISSN:0001-0782

Author

Jeannette M. Wing

Carnegie Mellon University, Pittsburgh, PA

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ACM New York, NY, USA

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ABSTRACT

It represents a universally applicable attitude and skill set everyone, not just computer scientists, would be eager to learn and use.

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