On Sat, Jun 18, 2005 at 04:23:35PM +0930, Clytie Siddall wrote: > Sorry for my ignorance: while translating the About page on the main > D-W site, I've run into the acronym BOF:
> "Organising BOF discussions at Linux conferences, to promote > discussion of issues facing women and their involvement in Debian and > Linux." Birds-of-(a-)Feather, referring to an informal (but scheduled) gathering at a conference to discuss a topic of mutual interest; from the expression "birds of a feather flock together". Term originated at the USENIX conferences, AIUI. -- Steve Langasek postmodern programmer
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