- SIGCAT
SIGCAT (Special Interest Group on CD Applications and Technology) was a
Special Interest Group founded in 1986 by Jerry McFaul. It became the world's largestCD-ROM users' group , with over 11,000 members in 75 countries. SIGCAT held annual conferences until 1999.In 2002, SIGCAT discovered that it had let its
domain name , www.sigcat.org, expire, and that the name had been reregistered by a pornography site operator.Around 2002, SIGCAT was absorbed into the DVD Association (DVDA), an organization that had sprung from the CD Interactive Association (CDIA). The DVDA continues to hold conferences and other events.
External links
* [http://www.pcmag.com/encyclopedia_term/0,2542,t=SIGCAT&i=51320,00.asp PC Magazine entry]
* [http://www.pcworld.com/article/id,87824-page,1/article.html Carolyn Duffy Marsan, "Porn Sites Hijack Expired Domain Names"] , PC World, March 8, 2002
* [http://eric.ed.gov/ERICWebPortal/Home.portal?_nfpb=true&_pageLabel=RecordDetails&ERICExtSearch_SearchValue_0=EJ451853&ERICExtSearch_SearchType_0=eric_accno&objectId=0900000b80033017 Nancy K. Herther, "The New Information Age for the Federal Government--CP Interviews SIGCAT's Jerry McFaul", CD-ROM Professional, June 1992] (ERIC abstract)
* [http://www.dvda.org/ DVDA official site]
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