------------------------------------------------------------ UniNews The Newsletter For The UniForum Community ------------------------------------------------------------ Issue Date: June 6, 1997 Volume X, Number 23 ------------------------------------------------------------ IN THIS ISSUE: UniForum News UniForum: Effective Voice or Expiring Anachronism? Industry News WITI: Report on Women's Impact on Technology Network Computers are Across the Chasm Web Standardization Update' Int'l Conference on Software Engineering - A Report The Object/Internet Industry Rolls Out 1997 OOTS Data General, DEC and SCO: New Products and Strategies UniNews Features Does Your Web Site Need Visitor Contracts? Part 1 The View from Madison Avenue and C++ Street Outsourcing Network Management Home Page: Web Years Take Their Toll! (At the end of this email are directions for requesting these articles) +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ UniForum: Effective Voice or Expiring Anachronism? Opinion by Michael Dortch Publisher's Note: What follows is an important "debate" or, better, a series of opinions on what UniForum is or should be. Industry observer, Michael Dortch, leads off and provides us with a highly critical commentary from a UniForum member, followed by a statement from Tom Mace, UniForum's president. Please read these with care and share your thoughts with us. RRS Article Code: un1970606 http://www.uniforum.org/web/pubs/uninews/970606/thenews2.html +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ The Impact on Business by Women in Technology A WITI (Women in Technology International) Research Paper Article Code: un2970606 http://www.uniforum.org/web/pubs/uninews/970606/Inews2.html +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ Network Computers are Across the Chasm by Lou Greer, VP, Corporate Commnications, Network Computing Devices Every new paradigm of note goes through a stage of media hype and controversy. At some point, it becomes old news and the technology needs to stand on its own merit or not, as determined by the marketplace. Artificial intelligence didn't survive this transition, but network computers did. Article Code: un3970606 http://www.uniforum.org/web/pubs/uninews/970606/Inews1.html +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ Web Standardization Update (By Way of New Zealand!) By Carl Cargill, UniNews online Standards Correspondent Article Code: un4970606 http://www.uniforum.org/web/pubs/uninews/970606/Inews7.html +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ Report from the 1997 International Conference on Software Engineering A UniNews Exclusive Conference Report by Tony Wasserman, UniNews online Conference Correspondent More than 900 people, half from outside the US, attended the 1997 International Conference on Software Engineering (ICSE 97) in Boston during the week of May 18. Article Code: un5970606 http://www.uniforum.org/web/pubs/uninews/970606/Inews4.html +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ The Object/Internet Industry Rolls Out 1997 OOTS Series; "Roadmap to Distributed Object Computing and the Internet" As the Distributed Object Computing/Internet forum dedicated to building industry specific "roadmaps", The OBJECTive Technology Group (The OTG), along with 40+ of industry's top solution providers, is rolling out the third annual Vertical Industry Object Oriented Technology Symposium(OOTS) professional series. Article Code: un6970606 http://www.uniforum.org/web/pubs/uninews/970606/Inews5.html +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ Data General, Digital and SCO Announce New Products and Strategies UniForum thanks Data General, Digital Equipment Corp. and SCO for their Sponsorship Renewals. The Product News below should be of interest to UniForum members, and was submitted by the companies. Data General's NUMALiiNE Technology: Delivering the Next Level of Commodity SMP Performance Article Code: un7970606 http://www.uniforum.org/web/pubs/uninews/970606/Inews6.html +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ Does Your Web Site Need Visitor Contracts? Part 1 by Lance Rose, Esq., UniNews online Legal Affairs Correspondent The answer to this question varies with the site. Some sites can benefit greatly from using visitor contracts, but others don't really need them. Article Code: un8970606 http://www.uniforum.org/web/pubs/uninews/970606/feature3.html +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ The View from the Intersection of Madison Avenue and C++ Street by Sally Atkins, UniNews Online Client/Server Correspondent Advertising people are not like you and me. Lately I've found myself working in the company of some of these Madison Avenue types, people who are beginning to create campaigns for the major airlines, retailers, financial companies, and other giants of industry who now advertise out on the Internet. Article Code: un9970606 http://www.uniforum.org/web/pubs/uninews/970606/feature.html +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ Outsourcing Network Management By Eddie Rabinovitch, UniNews online Network Administration Correspondent "You cannot be serious! Why would any organization want to lose management control of its own resources?" That was my network manager response several years ago to the idea of outsourcing. Article Code: un10970606 http://www.uniforum.org/web/pubs/uninews/970606/feature4.html +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ Home Page By Jordan Gold, UniNews online Web Correspondent Remember way back in '94? Mosaic was the overwhelming web browser of choice, there were very few commerce sites on the Net, (one of them was UniForum's) and Gopher was still popular. Article Code: un11970606 http://www.uniforum.org/web/pubs/uninews/970606/feature2.html +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ UniNews is written and published by UniForum. For information about UniNews or to contribute news for future issues, contact Dick Shippee, at 800-255-5620, ext. 17, or 408-986-8840; or e-mail to dick@uniforum.org. Copyright 1997 by UniForum. All rights reserved. UNIX is a registered trademark licensed exclusively to X/Open Co. UniForum is a trademark of UniForum. UniNews (ISSN 1069-0395) is published twice monthly and is included as a benefit of membership dues in UniForum, 2901 Tasman Drive, Suite 205, Santa Clara, CA 95054. 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