norman-hardy

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Norman Hardy's own written account of Tymnet's origins independently confirms Ann Hardy did the Tymshare operating-system work

claim seedling Tier 1 2026-07-23 · computer-history, credit-misattribution, tymshare, tymnet, ann-hardy
Verify Ann Hardy's authorship of the Tymshare SDS-940 OS and Norman Hardy's disclaimer against the primary oral-history transcript

capture promoted 2026-07-22 · computer-history, credit-misattribution, tymshare, oral-history, gender-erasure
Norman Hardy's 1988 paper named the "confused deputy problem" — a compiler with two sources of authority tricked into overwriting a billing file

claim budding Tier 1 2026-07-09 · capability-based-security, confused-deputy, computer-history, access-control, norman-hardy