Speaker John S. Quarterman wrote The Matrix, a comprehensive book on the history, technology, and people of computer networks worldwide, as well as six other books. He is a founder and Chief Technology Officer of Matrix NetSystems, which is the most experienced Internet analyst, established as Matrix Information and Directory Services (MIDS) in 1990, and since 1998 an Internet startup with Internet performance products. Quarterman published the first maps of the whole Internet; conducted the first Internet Demographic Survey; and started the first continuing series of performance data about the entire Internet in 1993, on the web since 1995 in the Internet Weather Report, and also visible as average.matrixnetsystems.com, plus comparisons of ISPs visible as ratings.matrixnetsystems.com. Venue This meeting of the Digital Commerce Society of Boston will be held on Tuesday, June 4th, 2002, from 12pm - 2pm at the Downtown Branch of the Harvard Club of Boston, on One Federal Street. Luncheon seats are $49.00. The Harvard Club has relaxed its dress code, which is now "business casual", meaning no sneakers or jeans. Fair warning: since we purchase these luncheons in advance, we will be unable to refund the price of your meal if the Club finds you in violation of what's left of its dress code. In addition, since the "dot-bomb", the suit-probability in the main dining room has been asymptotically approaching unity, and we should probably dress accordingly. :-). Payment We need to receive a company check, or money order, (or, if we know you, a personal check) payable to "The Harvard Club of Boston", by Saturday, June 1st, or you won't be on the list for lunch. Checks payable to anyone else but The Harvard Club of Boston will be returned. Checks should be sent to Robert Hettinga 44 Farquhar Street, Boston, Massachusetts 02131 Again, they *must* be made payable to "The Harvard Club of Boston", in the amount of $49.00. Please include your e-mail address so that we can send you a confirmation If anyone has questions, or has a problem with these arrangements (we've had to work with glacial A/P departments more than once, for instance), please let us know via e-mail, and we'll see if we can work something out. R. A. Hettinga <mailto: rah@ibuc.com> The Internet Bearer Underwriting Corporation <http://www.ibuc.com/> 44 Farquhar Street, Boston, MA 02131 USA "... however it may deserve respect for its usefulness and antiquity, [predicting the end of the world] has not been found agreeable to experience." -- Edward Gibbon, 'Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire'

Upcoming speakers for DCSB are: August 6 Donald Eastlake XML Security As you can see, we are actively searching for future speakers. If you are in Boston on the first Tuesday of the month, are a principal in digital commerce, and would like to make a presentation to the Society, please send e-mail to the DCSB Program Committee, care of Robert Hettinga, <mailto: rah@shipwright.com>, and we'll send you a call for speakers. For more information about the Digital Commerce Society of Boston, send "info dcsb" in the body of a message to <mailto: majordomo@reservoir.com> . If you want to subscribe to the DCSB e-mail list, send "subscribe dcsb" in the body of a message to <mailto: majordomo@reservoir.com> . We look forward to seeing you there!