I recently got word of an interesting groupware development position in Boston that someone here may be able to benefit from. feel free to pass on this info. (contrary to some here who are not impressed with groupware application potential, in my estimation groupware is soon going be a key "killer app" in cyberspace, perhaps the "next" one after Netscape, driving key technological advancement in network & software development... in my opinion virtually every significant and valuable aspect of the internet can be boiled down into a subset of the functions of groupware.) === From: mike@kni.mv.com (Mike Hren) ... We are starting a company called Emergent Systems and are looking for technical partners to help turn our vision into reality. We're developing a meta-groupware application that seeks to accelerate the learning of a workgroup. Called a Discovery Acceleration System, the idea is to use a text engine to synthesize the collective email dialogue (voicemail later) of a workgroup into its core concepts (Concept Map) that can be visualized, hypertext linked to related information sources, and used as a prioritizer of unsolicited email based on conceptual relevance. Just as knowledge is born of chaos, this Concept Map emerges from the workgroup's daily interaction--as opposed to being externally defined by a static knowledge base. In a dynamic sense, since the Concept Map is used as a distributed Linker and Lens between workgroups, it also enables a system of interaction to emerge at the organizational level. We are looking for someone with software development experience, and interest in information retreival, data visualization, groupware, or messaging systems. Since most of the components of this system are commercially available, integration is more important than theoretical development. Also, a desire to be part of a start-up effort is a must. .... If you or anyone you know might be interested, please email a resume and description of interest. Thanks for your time. Mike Hren President Emergent Systems, Inc.