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                        MindSource Software BOF #9

                     - WAIS (Wide Area Index Search) -

When:   Wednesday, October 18th 7:30pm (buffet and no-host bar begins 7:00pm)
Where:  Michaels At Shoreline, 2960 No. Shoreline Blvd., Mountain View
 
        MindSource Software cordially invites you to the ninth in our 
	series of free monthly 'Birds of a Feather' meetings for the 
	Unix and Internet community. This month we're presenting an 
	overview session for those interested in learning more about 
	WAIS - an essential technology used widely in the World Wide Web.

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We're happy to have with us three esteemed speakers who will present us
with an detailed overview of WAIS, as well as delve into some of the 
details of the underlying protocols.

Jonny Goldman  :
        - worked closely in the initial development of WAIS from 1990 to 
        1992.  Jonny did the original X implementation of WAIS, and helped 
        shaped the product in many important ways. Jonny also worked closely 
        in developing the CERN proxy gateway for the WWW.

Stu Soffer  :
        - is an expert on the protocol underlying WAIS. He currently 
        serves on the Z3950 standards committee, and is working on 
        a WAIS port to NT.  

Andrew Duquete  :
        - is an avid internet surfer who has developed applications using 
        WAIS and other mechanisms. 

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BOF Outline 
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        - Jonny Goldman will talk about the history of WAIS, his work 
        in developing WAIS from 1990 to 1992 while at Thinking Machines 
        with Brewster Kahle, Harry Morris, and others. He will talk about 
        the advantages of a WAIS approach, and future directions.  We may 
        hear a little bit about whois++.  

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        - Andrew will describe developing a WAIS application and provide 
        specific code fragments and examples.

        - Stu will talk discuss the integration of WAIS with different 
        search engines and the use of WAIS with NT.  He will talk about 
        talk about the Z3950 protocol and its extensions, and probably 
        mention the fun that he had at the recent Z3950 standards meeting 
        in Washington.

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=> There will be an abundance of great food, and great people. This is an
   opportunity to network, meet your peers, and catch up on some of the
   advances in the latest leading-edge web technology!

=> Limited seating - the BOF is free, but we do ask that you RSVP.

==> To RSVP :
        Simply "r"eply to : rsvp@mindsource.com
                [ a blank email message is sufficient ]
        Detailed directions and details will be returned to you.

        Check out our web page for more information, and a color
        map to the BOF site: 
                        http://www.mindsource.com/bof/bof9.html

==> All about BOFs :
    MindSource organizes these semi-monthly 'Bird's of a Feather' get together
    (That's BOF) for Unix system admins and others interested in Internet
    and Web related technologies, in the San Francisco Bay Area. The events 
    are FREE and open to the public. We do ask that you please RSVP...
    [ so we know how many cookies to buy ]

    Topics of BOF's past have included: HotJava, VRML, CGI-bin scripting, 
    perl, internet firewall configuration, advanced HTML design, and 
    internet service provision.

    See our web pages <URL:http://www.mindsource.com> for further details
    about MindSource and our BOFs.

==> MindSource Opportunities :
     All of our permanent and contract opportunities are availible on
     our web pages, or by sending a blank email message to :
                jobs@mindsource.com

     We currently have dozens of permanent and contract openings for 
     Unix systems administrators, Web, and QA engineers in the Silicon 
     Valley area.
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