I assume this is going to a lot of lists. Does anybody have any comments or additional information? ---------------------------------------------------------------- Elliott Parker Bitnet: 3ZLUFUR@CMUVM List Owner, SEASIA-L and CARR-L Internet: [log in to unmask] Department of Journalism Less certain possibilities: Central Michigan University [log in to unmask] Mt. Pleasant, MI 48859 USA CompuServe: 70701,520 Office tele: +1 517 774 3196 The WELL: [log in to unmask] =================== Forwarded Message =================== Date: Sun, 28 Apr 1996 23:38:50 -0700 (PDT) To: [log in to unmask] From: List Archive Manager <[log in to unmask]> Subject: request to archive FOODWINE - Discussion List for Food and Wine Pangaea Reference Systems, Inc. is developing a search service (Reference.COM) that will provide the Internet community fast, easy, and free access to Usenet and electronic mailing lists. The service is made possible in large part by the contributions (software, hardware, communications infrastructure) of NASA Ames, Sun, Oracle, Verity, Pacific Bell, Storage Computer and others. The service will include paid advertising from corporate sponsors, in addition to free advertising space for non-profits. The service will be both Web and e-mail accessible. It is expected to be the largest online repository of Usenet and electronic mailing list archives. Pangaea's goal is to provide users with fairly complete coverage of Usenet and electronic mailing lists. To this end, we would like to subscribe to the FOODWINE - Discussion List for Food and Wine list. By allowing us access to your list, you will be making your content (current and historical) easily accessible to the Internet community, as well as your own subscribers. Should you have any questions regarding the service, please contact us at [log in to unmask] If you are willing to include your list in our search service, please add the address [log in to unmask] to the FOODWINE - Discussion List for Food and Wine list. Alternatively, you can send us a note letting us know that you want to participate and we will subscribe to your list. If we do not hear from you, we will assume that you do want your list archived and we will NOT subscribe to it. Thanks for your consideration. ====================================================================== Pangaea Reference Systems NASA Ames Technology Commercialization Center 155A Moffett Park Drive, Suite 104 http://www.Reference.COM Sunnyvale, CA 94089 +1 408 541 7633 ====================================================================== Q: How much will users have to pay to get to the data I'm supplying you for free? A: Zero, nada, zilch. Not now, not ever. We will make our money by including ads on the web page, much like other free services do today. Someday we may add premium services that will include an additional charge, but the base services will always be free to the end user. Q: Just who are you? A: We are a small startup located in the NASA Ames Technology Commercialization Center in Silicon Valley. Our access to database technology from Oracle, hardware from Sun, and high speed Internet access from Pacific Bell gives us a unique edge. Our technical team includes Eric Allman, the creator/developer of sendmail and Professor Hector Garcia-Molina, head of the Digital Library Project at Stanford University. Q: How will people access your service? A: Queries can be submitted and the results retrieved via the web (http://www.reference.com) or by e-mail. See our home page for details.