"John Cocke: A Retrospective by Friends" was a work of love for John Cocke, an eccentric genius in IBM. This video was made from interviews with prominent IBMers - Fran Allen, Joel Birnbaum, Lewis Branscomb, Fred Brooks, Brad Dunham, Red Dunwell, Ed Fredkin, Ralph Gomory, Ian Gunn, Andy Heller, Harwood Kolsky, Abe Peled, Jack Schwartz, and Ed Sussenguth - sharing their memories of John.