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Thought this might be of interest...

>Tuesday, 20th May, 1997
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>6.30 p.m. for 7.00 p.m.
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>A presentation by Tim O'Reilly - of O'Reilly & Associates
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>Author and Publisher
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>Jeffrey Hall, The Institute of Education
>20 Bedford Way, London WC1H 0AL
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>Software and Infoware
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>Abstract: The computer industry is at a crossroads, perhaps without
>even knowing it.  Just as open systems and commodity hardware unleashed
>the power of independent software developers, the loose coupling of
>software and information products represented by the World Wide Web
>brings new people and new kinds of applications into the computer market.
>
>Specifically, HTML, scripting languages (such as Perl) that can be mastered
>at some level even by non-programmers, and embeddeble program components
>mean that we are at the start of a new phase in the industry.  This new
>phase will be characterized by the development of lightweight,  dynamic
>information applications, or "infoware," that embed small pieces of
>program functionality into documents.  Infoware allows the computerization
>of tasks that change rapidly, are performed infrequently by users, or
>require the construction of   interfaces to large bodies of information.
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>This talk will explore some of the ramifications of this paradigm shift
>in the computer industry.
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>It's perhaps ironic (and certainly heartening to those of us who know
>and love UNIX) that this paradigm shift is moving the PC industry back
>in directions that are fundamental to UNIX, in which text files form a
>lingua franca, and new functionality can be provided by gluing small,
>existing programs together in new ways.
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>Organised by the UKUUG - Admission free
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>Advance booking is not necessary
>
>O'Reilly books will be available to purchase on the evening
> with a discount of 25% !!
>

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