"BOF" : what does it stand for ?

Hi,

Subject says it all 

I always run into this little acronym, often on the Ubuntu
wiki, but
it's been some time now and I still haven't figured it out
precisely, so
I thought I would ask !

I feel it's something like a sort of feature spec or
something, but I
fail to grab the exact meaning of it.

TIA !

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hmm lets see.. wikipedia says:
    * Birds of a Feather
    * beginning of file
    * Baptism of Fire
    * Board of Finance

(it also says a few others but I figured they don't fit too
well :-P)

Can you put the use of BOF in context?


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"Senectus ." <senectusgmail.com> wrote:
> hmm lets see.. wikipedia says:
>     * Birds of a Feather
>     * beginning of file
>     * Baptism of Fire
>     * Board of Finance


Doesn't sound to be related..... 

> Can you put the use of BOF in context?

Yep sure. The last time I came across it was 30 minutes ago,
when I saw
a post on the ubuntu mailing lists talking about a better
integration
of the ubuntu forum, whick linked to this page on the ubuntu
wiki:

https://wiki
.ubuntu.com/ForumIntegration

Scroll down a bit, you will see a section called 
"BoF agenda and discussion" It's interesting
because it says "BoF" not
BOF", so at least I assume that the middle 'o'
stands for "of", rather
than being a noun like B and F probably are.


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On 13/09/06, Vincent Trouilliez <vincent.trouilliezmodulonet.fr> wrote:
> "Senectus ." <senectusgmail.com> wrote:
> > hmm lets see.. wikipedia says:
> >     * Birds of a Feather
> >     * beginning of file
> >     * Baptism of Fire
> >     * Board of Finance
>
>
> Doesn't sound to be related..... 
>
> > Can you put the use of BOF in context?
>
> Yep sure. The last time I came across it was 30 minutes
ago, when I saw
> a post on the ubuntu mailing lists talking about a
better integration
> of the ubuntu forum, whick linked to this page on the
ubuntu wiki:
>
> https://wiki
.ubuntu.com/ForumIntegration
>
> Scroll down a bit, you will see a section called
> "BoF agenda and discussion" It's
interesting because it says "BoF" not
> BOF", so at least I assume that the middle 'o'
stands for "of", rather
> than being a noun like B and F probably are.

Heh.. the ubuntu wiki will tell you what it is:
http
s://wiki.ubuntu.com/BOFs?highlight=%28BoF%29
http
s://wiki.ubuntu.com/BoFs?highlight=%28BoF%29

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 Hi,

ons 2006-09-13 klockan 02:10 +0200 skrev Vincent Trouilliez:
> * Birds of a Feather

That's the correct one. Connecting to the discussions that
makes the
spec. The idea is the Feather and the spec is the Bird.

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Convention jargon for Birds of a Feather? (Meaning a meeting
for a
like minded sub-group of the convention)
Most appropriate if it got its start at Audobon Society
meetings, but
sci-fi cons predate the internet, and I heard it first
there.
Message on a bullitin board; "There will be a BOF of
Furrys in the
Prestigious Dining Room at 7 PM Sunday"

On 9/12/06, Senectus . <senectusgmail.com> wrote:
> hmm lets see.. wikipedia says:
>     * Birds of a Feather
>     * beginning of file
>     * Baptism of Fire
>     * Board of Finance
>
> (it also says a few others but I figured they don't
fit too well :-P)
>
> Can you put the use of BOF in context?
>
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Vincent Trouilliez wrote the following on 13.09.2006 01:43:
> Hi,
> 
> Subject says it all 
> 
> I always run into this little acronym, often on the
Ubuntu wiki, but
> it's been some time now and I still haven't figured
it out precisely, so
> I thought I would ask !

ht
tp://www.acronymfinder.com/af-query.asp?String=off&Acron
ym=bof&Find=Find&sourceid=mozilla-search

there is also a FF search plugin available


> I feel it's something like a sort of feature spec or
something, but I
> fail to grab the exact meaning of it.
> 
> TIA !
> 
> Regards,
> 
> Vince

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"Senectus ." <senectusgmail.com> wrote:
> Heh.. the ubuntu wiki will tell you what it is:
> http
s://wiki.ubuntu.com/BOFs?highlight=%28BoF%29

Thanks Senectus and all, my question is fully answered and
my English vocabulary is now that little bit richer ! 

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On 9/13/06, Pete Ryland <pdrpdr.cx> wrote:
>
> On 13/09/06, Christian Bjälevik <nafallomagicalforest.se> wrote:
> > ons 2006-09-13 klockan 02:10 +0200 skrev Vincent
Trouilliez:
> > > * Birds of a Feather
> >
> > That's the correct one. Connecting to the
discussions that makes the
> > spec. The idea is the Feather and the spec is the
Bird.
>
> There is a metaphor there, but this is not the correct
one.  It's an english
> expression meaning people of the same ilk.  It derives
from the expression
> "birds of a feather stick together" which
means that similar types of people
> will congregate in the same places and support each
other, often used by
> observers to explain or excuse the company someone
keeps.

IMHO this comes from tech conferences which have
presentations all
day, then a few informal get-togethers known as BoFs where
people can
discuss common topics in a less structured way. Ubuntu
gatherings seem
to be light on the presentations and heavy on the BoFs, so
while the
name has stuck the metaphor doesn't apply as much as it
originally
did...

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