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Dave Michelson (dmichelson@ieee.org)
Mon, 21 Jun 1999 00:36:17 -0700
Please pass this meeting notice on to any interested individuals.
See http://members.home.net/comsoc-vancouver/transit.html for
a quick 'n' dirty guide to parking and transit at BCIT.
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Vancouver Linux Users Group - June Meeting
joint with
IEEE Commmunications Society (Vancouver Chapter)
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BCIT - IBM Technology Building (SE6), BC Tel Theatre
Mon, Jun 21, 1999 (TONIGHT), 7:30-9:00 pm
THE EVOLUTION OF FAX TECHNOLOGIES AND STANDARDS
George Pajari,
Director of Engineering - Faximum Software
Abstract
Much to the chagrin of Nicholas Negroponte, fax technology has become an
indispensible part of our modern world. This talk is intended for a
technical audience and will detail the evolution of fax communications
standards from prehistory through to the current store-and-forward and
real-time Fax-over-IP (FoIP) standards. Also covered will be the
parallel development of image compression algorithms and fax software
products including the integration of fax, email, and the web.
The nuances of fax nomenclature will also be discussed including: Group
3 vs Class 3; T.4 vs T.6; 1-D vs 2-D. Related questions such as "How can
I send faxes free over the Internet?", "Whatever happened to Group 4
fax?", and "Why Negroponte doesn't get it" will be addressed. One or two
of the fax software products that Faximum has developed for Linux might
be mentioned in passing.
About the Speaker:
George Pajari has been working with UNIX for more than twenty years and
set up the first commercial UNIX system in Canada in 1979. Before
co-founding Faximum Software, George worked as a UNIX consultant to such
organisations as Altos Computers, AT&T, BC Tel, EXPO 86,
Northwestern Telephone, the U.S. Navy, and The World Bank.
George is currently the President and Director of Engineering of Faximum
Software, a company dedicated exclusively to developing fax server
software for UNIX/Linux systems -- technology that has been OEMed by
companies such as Sun Microsystems and Hewlett-Packard. He is the author
of numerous articles on UNIX as well as the book "Writing UNIX Device
Drivers" commissioned and published by Addison-Wesley and since
translated into French and Japanese.
George is also a BJCP beer judge as well as a formally trained craft
brewer and has been nominated for membership to the Institute of Brewing
in London.
No-Host Dinner
You can also meet the speaker at a no-host dinner before the talk. Meet
us at 6:00 PM at Earl's, 4361 Kingsway in Burnaby. All are welcome,
although notice would be appreciated so that I can ask for a table of
appropriate size. For more information, please contact:
-- Dave Michelson dmichelson@ieee.org Tel: (604) 985-0214
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