Re: Birds of a feather (BOF). Use to be: RE: XML Configuration BOF at IE

On Tue, 25 Jun 2002 23:09:24 EDT, Craig & Nancy Williams 
<cwilliams97(_at_)charter(_dot_)net>  said:
> ......where does BOF come from?  I understand the meaning but why is it used
> here?
A bunch of techies all interested in XML at the same place at the same time
would probably be considered a flock together of birds of a feather, no?

I think the usage dates back at least as far as early SHARE/GUIDE/COMMON
meetings - Eric Raymond's Jargon File has an entry saying it dates to
SHARE in the early 60s, but I suspect it goes back to the IBM7094 in the
late 50s...

http://www.tuxedo.org/~esr/jargon/html/entry/BOF.html

If anybody has better etymology on the term, please let Eric know. ;)
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                                Valdis Kletnieks
                                Computer Systems Senior Engineer
                                Virginia Tech

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