From: Dave Winer (dave@userland.com)
Date: Tue Sep 12 2000 - 07:38:06 PDT
You bet I'm going. Before they're done, they might have to rent PacBell
Park. Dave
----- Original Message -----
From: "Gregory Alan Bolcer" <gbolcer@endtech.com>
To: "FoRK" <fork@xent.com>
Sent: Tuesday, September 12, 2000 7:24 AM
Subject: Intel & P2P
> I am planning on attending.  Any other FoRKers
> going to join in the fun?   I think it can be a real
> raucous meeting with some great peacockery.
>
> Greg
>
>
> Please accept my personal apologies for the very long time it has taken to
> provide a response to the large number of phone and e-mail messages we
have
> received about the new Peer-to-Peer Working Group that Intel is forming.
> The very large response caught us off-guard.  We have had to change our
> plans significantly to accommodate.
>
> The first meeting of the Peer-to-Peer Working Group will be September 26,
> 2000 from 9 AM to 3 PM at
>             Location: Biltmore Hotel
>             Address: 2151, Laurelwood Road
>             Santa Clara, CA 95054
>             Phone: 408-346-4718
>                 http://www.hotelbiltmore.com/
>
> The URL for the Biltmore includes directions to the hotel.  We are
arranging
> a block of hotel rooms to be reserved for those who will need to stay
> overnight.
>
> This information is also on the Peer-to-Peer Working Group web site:
> http://www.Peer-to-PeerWG.org.  As additional information becomes
available
> it will be posted there as well.
>
> The agenda for this meeting will be sent as soon as possible.
>
> The working group is open to all interested parties in the industry.  This
> first meeting is being hosted by Intel, and there is no charge to attend.
> There will be dues to become regular members.  Exactly what those will be
is
> not yet set. There will be a hierarchy so that enough funds will be
> available to cover the costs of the group, without undue burden on the
> members.
>
> This will be a WORKING GROUP.  The GOAL is to develop infrastructure
> standards to                   enable peer-to-peer computing everywhere.
In
> support of this the working group will determine areas for
standardization,
> rapidly develop specifications, and                   promote adoption of
> these specifications as standards throughout the computer industry.
>
> Robert L. Knighten                      | Peer-to-Peer Evangelist
> Enterprise Architecture Lab             | (503) 677-4315
> Intel Corporation, CO3-202              | Fax:  677-6700
> 5200 N.E. Elam Young Parkway            | Mobile: 708-0932
> Hillsboro, OR 97124-6497                | Bob.Knighten@intel.com
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